A.“παλάμη” 1.2) one guilty of violence: hence, murderer, τινος S.Tr.1207; one defiled by blood-guiltiness, A.Eu.448, S. El.587, Hyp.Fr.85; ὦ παλαμναίη O miscreant!, of the fox, Babr.82.6.
2. as Adj., τῷ π. ξένῳ the abominable stranger, Phryn.Com. 58; ἱκεσίαι a murderer's supplications, A.R.4.709; “ἀσπίς” Orph.L. 512; π. μόρον ἕξει a miscreant's death, prob. in Supp.Epigr.1.442 (Lydia).
II. = ἀλάστωρ, avenger of blood, “μὴ παλαμναῖον λάβω” E. IT1218, cf. X.Cyr.8.7.18 (pl.); in full, δαίμονες π. avenging deities, Ti.Locr.105, cf. Plu.Oth.1, Jul.Caes.336b; “Ζεὺς π.” Arist.Mu.401a23, cf. Plb.Fr.98, Poll.5.131, EM647.43.