πᾰλαίω,
Aeolic dialect πάλαιμι Hdn.Gr. 2.930; Boeotian dialect παλήω [prev. work]949: future παλαίσω: aorist ἐπάλαισα: (πάλη A):— wrestle, οὐ γὰρ πύξ γε μαχήσεαι οὐδὲ παλαίσεις [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.621 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; καί νύ κε τὸ τρίτον.. πάλαιον[[ [prev. work] 733; παλαίουσ᾽ ἐς τρίς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 941.13; οἱ ἐπιστάμενοι παλαίειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 350e; ἐπάλαισαν κάλλιστα Ἀθηναίων [prev. author] “Men.” 94c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν παλαίσαντά ποτ᾽ ἐκεῖνον him once famous as a wrestler, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.71. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 π. τινί wrestle with one, Φιλομηλείδῃ ἐπάλαισεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.343, 17.134; λέοντι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.27 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: metaphorically, wrestle with a calamity, ἀάτῃσι [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 413; φόνῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.27; κακῷ μερμέρῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 509; πολλαῖς ζημίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.2. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II with accusative, overcome, λόγον λόγῳ παλαιστέον [[ “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 3.216:] Refs] —passive, παλαισθείς beaten, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 686; οἶνος.. παλαίεσθαι βαρύς [prev. author] “Cyc.” 678. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III with infinitive, endeavour, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 3.1. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]