πᾰλινδρομ-έω,
A. run back again, ἐπὶ τόπον
J. BJ 3.2.3
; ἐς ταὐτά
Aret. SD 1.6
: abs., Manetho ap. J. Ap. 1.26 ; of a ship, Ps.- Hdt. Vit.Hom. 19 , D.S. 20.74 , Plu. Cic. 32 : prov., παλινδρομῆσαι μᾶλλον ἢ κακῶς δραμεῖν
Luc. Asin. 18
.
II. Medic.,go backwithout coming to a head, of an abscess, dub. in Hp. Prog. 18 ;μὴ -δρομῇ τὸ ἐρυσίπελας ἔσω strike inwards, ib. 23 .
b. recur, relapse, Id. Epid. 2.3.18 , Aret. SA 1.7 , Luc. Abd. 32 .
c. παλινδρομῶν σφυγμός recurrent, recovering, Gal. 9.510 , Marcellin. Puls. 400 .
d. ofrecurrentnerves, Gal. 8.53 , UP 16.4 .
III. metaph.,π. πρὸς τὰς τῶν Καρχηδονίων ἐλπίδας fall backupon . . , Plb. 7.3.8 ; γεωμετρία ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσθητὰ -δρομοῦσα
Plu. 2.718f