πάλῐν [ᾰ],
poetry also πάλι (q.see), adverb
__1 of Place, back, backwards (the usual sense in early Epic dialect), mostly joined with Verbs of going, coming, etc.; π. χώρει [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.72 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐλεύσεται, κατελθεῖν, ἐπανέλθωμεν, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 854, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 601, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 438a, etc.; κέλευθον ἥνπερ ἦλθες ἐγκόνει π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 962; δίκα καὶ πάντα π. στρέφεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 412 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεῦρο σωθήσῃ π. [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 725, compare 1400 ] Refs]; δόμεναι π. give back, restore, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.116, etc.; π. ἀποδοῦναι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.23 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἀγκαλέσαι to call back, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1021 (Lyric poetry): less frequently with _genitive_, π. τράπεθ᾽ υἷος ἑοῖο] Refs 4th c.BC+] she turned back from her son, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.138; δόρυ Ἀχιλλῆος π. ἔτραπεν 20.439, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.143 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: coupled with other adverbs, π. αὖτις ἔβαινον νηὸς ἐπὶ γλαφυρῆς [[ 14.356, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.65 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὖ π. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.125; ἂψ π. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.280; π. εἶσιν ὀπίσσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.149; π. φέρεσθαι ἐξοπίσω 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 181 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄψορρον π. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. οἴκαδε, π. οἴκαδ᾽ αὖ, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 792, “Ra.” 1486; π. αὖ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 318e, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with the Article, ἡ π. ὁδός [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 125. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]