παλάσσω (cf. πάλλω), fut. inf. παλαξέμεν, pass. perf. part. πεπαλαγμένος, plup. πεπάλακτο, also mid., perf. imp. πεπάλαχθε, inf. πεπαλάχθαι
(or -ασθε, -άσθαι):
sprinkle, hence stain, defile;
αἵματι, ἱδρῷ, ν 395, Od. 22.402, 184; mid. (perf. w. pres.
signif.), ‘select among themselves by lot,’ the
lots being shaken in a helmet, Il. 7.171 and Od.
9.331.