backwards, back ἔμπᾰλιν,Adv., in Trag. and Prose freq. with Art.,τὸ ἔμπαλινorτοὔμπαλιν,τὰ ἔμπαλιν(as always in Hdt. ) orτἄμπαλιν:— A. backwards, back, κατὰ δ' ἔ. αὐτὸς ἔβαινε h.Merc. 78 ; δεδορκώς
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backwards, back ἔμπᾰλιν,Adv., in Trag. and Prose freq. with Art.,τὸ ἔμπαλινorτοὔμπαλιν,τὰ ἔμπαλιν(as always in Hdt. ) orτἄμπαλιν:— A. backwards, back, κατὰ δ' ἔ. αὐτὸς ἔβαινε h.Merc. 78 ; δεδορκώς
turn back ἀπο-στρέφω, Dor. aor. A. ἀποστράψαι SIG 244 ii 16 (Delph.); Ion. aor. ἀποστρέψασκε Il. 22.197 , etc.:pf. ἀπέστροφα LXX 1 Ki. 6.21 :— Pass. and Med. ,fut. -στρέψομαι X. Cyr. 5.5
to turn away ἀπο-στρέφω, Doric dialect aorist ἀποστράψαι[[ “SIG” 244 ii 16(Delph.)] Refs]; Ionic dialect aorist ἀποστρέψασκε[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.197, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: p
back, backwards πάλῐν [ᾰ], poet. alsoπάλι(q.v),Adv. 1. of Place,back, backwards(the usual sense in early Ep. ), mostly joined with Verbs of going, coming, etc.; π. χώρει Hdt. 5.72 ;π. ἐλεύσεται, κα
back again, ἀνάπᾰλιν,Adv. A. back again, ἰέναι Pl. Plt. 269d , cf. Phdr. 264 <*>, al.; ἐπὶ τὸ πέρας ἢ ἀ. Arist. EN 1095b1 ; ἀ. στραφῆναι Id. Cael. 285a8 ,etc. II. over again, = ἔμπαλιν , Pl.
again 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: Herodo