παλάσσω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editUnknown. Possibly connected to πάλλω (pállō, “to swing”), though this verb itself has no certain etymology. One would have to posit a Proto-Hellenic root *pal- with the suffix -άσσω, also found in σταλάσσω (stalássō), αἱμάσσω (haimássō).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.lás.sɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈlas.so/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈlas.so/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈlas.so/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈla.so/
Verb
edit- to besprinkle, defile, bespatter
- (passive voice) to be scattered abroad
Conjugation
editnumber | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπᾰ́λᾰσσον | ἐπᾰ́λᾰσσες | ἐπᾰ́λᾰσσε(ν) | ἐπᾰλᾰ́σσετον | ἐπᾰλᾰσσέτην | ἐπᾰλᾰ́σσομεν | ἐπᾰλᾰ́σσετε | ἐπᾰ́λᾰσσον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπᾰλᾰσσόμην | ἐπᾰλᾰ́σσου | ἐπᾰλᾰ́σσετο | ἐπᾰλᾰ́σσεσθον | ἐπᾰλᾰσσέσθην | ἐπᾰλᾰσσόμε(σ)θᾰ | ἐπᾰλᾰ́σσεσθε | ἐπᾰλᾰ́σσοντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | πᾰλᾰ́ξω | πᾰλᾰ́ξεις | πᾰλᾰ́ξει | πᾰλᾰ́ξετον | πᾰλᾰ́ξετον | πᾰλᾰ́ξομεν | πᾰλᾰ́ξετε | πᾰλᾰ́ξουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | πᾰλᾰ́ξοιμῐ | πᾰλᾰ́ξοισ(θᾰ) | πᾰλᾰ́ξοι | πᾰλᾰ́ξοιτον | πᾰλᾰξοίτην | πᾰλᾰ́ξοιμεν | πᾰλᾰ́ξοιτε | πᾰλᾰ́ξοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | πᾰλᾰ́ξομαι | πᾰλᾰ́ξεαι | πᾰλᾰ́ξεται | πᾰλᾰ́ξεσθον | πᾰλᾰ́ξεσθον | πᾰλᾰξόμε(σ)θᾰ | πᾰλᾰ́ξεσθε | πᾰλᾰ́ξονται | ||||
optative | πᾰλᾰξοίμην | πᾰλᾰ́ξοιο | πᾰλᾰ́ξοιτο | πᾰλᾰ́ξοισθον | πᾰλᾰξοίσθην | πᾰλᾰξοίμε(σ)θᾰ | πᾰλᾰ́ξοισθε | πᾰλᾰξοίᾰτο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | πᾰλᾰ́ξειν/πᾰλᾰξέμεν(αι)/πᾰλᾰ́ξμεν(αι) | πᾰλᾰ́ξεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | πᾰλᾰ́ξων | πᾰλᾰξόμενος | ||||||||||
f | πᾰλᾰ́ξουσᾰ | πᾰλᾰξομένη | |||||||||||
n | πᾰλᾰ́ξον | πᾰλᾰξόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | πεπᾰλᾰ́κειν, πεπᾰλᾰ́κη |
πεπᾰλᾰ́κεις, πεπᾰλᾰ́κης |
πεπᾰλᾰ́κει(ν) | πεπᾰλᾰ́κετον | πεπᾰλᾰκέτην | πεπᾰλᾰ́κεμεν | πεπᾰλᾰ́κετε | πεπᾰλᾰ́κεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | πεπᾰλᾰ́γμην | πεπᾰ́λᾰξο | πεπᾰ́λᾰκτο | πεπᾰ́λᾰχθον | πεπᾰλᾰ́χθην | πεπᾰλᾰ́γμεθᾰ | πεπᾰ́λᾰχθε | πεπᾰλᾰ́κᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
edit- ἐμπᾰλᾰ́σσομαι (empalássomai)
- πᾰ́λᾰξῐς (pálaxis)
Further reading
edit- “παλάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παλάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “παλάσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- παλάσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- παλάσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “παλάσσω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1145