πάλη [ᾰ], ἡ,
__A wrestling, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.635; ἢ πὺξ ἠὲ πάλῃ ἢ καὶ ποσίν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.206: κρατέων πάλα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.20; νικᾶν πυγμὴν καὶ π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1031. compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”) 62, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 795b, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.638d, 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.28.3; τίνα π. ἐμάνθανε; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1238 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; παίδων, ἐφήβων νεωτέρων, μέσων, πρεσβυτέρων, ἀνδρῶν π., [[ “SIG” 959 (from Chios), compare “IG” 5(2).549.16,30 (Lycosura, 4th c.BC), etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.2 generally, fight, battle, ἅπτειν πάλην τινί [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 866 (_anapaest meter_); π. δορός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 159. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]