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παλίμβολος

παλίμβολος, thrown back, reversed

πᾰλίμ-βολος, ον,
  • reversed, γνώμη Sch. Ar. Nu. 298: hence, untrustworthy, unstable, ἤθη π. καὶ ἄπιστα Pl. Lg. 705a, cf. D.Chr. 31.37, Aristaenet. 1.28; δολερὸς καὶ π. Plu. Crass. 21; τὸ π., = παλιμβολία, Aeschin. 2.40; of a slave, = παλίμπρατος, Men. 445; πέδιλα π. turned or patched sandals, Nic. Fr. 85. Adv. -λως Poll. 3.132.

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