παλαίω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πάλαιμι (pálaimi) — Aeolic
• παλήω (palḗō) — Boeotian

Etymology

From πά̆λη (pálē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.lǎi̯.ɔː/ → /paˈlɛ.o/ → /paˈle.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.lǎi̯.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈlɛ.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈlɛ.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈle.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈle.o/

Verb

παλαίω • (palaíō)

1. to wrestle
2. to overcome
3. to endeavour

Derived terms

• πάλαισις (pálaisis)
• πάλαισμα (pálaisma)
• παλαισμοσύνη (palaismosúnē)
• παλαιστέον (palaistéon)
• παλαιστής (palaistḗs)
• παλαίστρα (palaístra)

 

Further reading

• “παλαίω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παλαίω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• παλαίω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “παλαίω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter