παλαίω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • πάλαιμι (pálaimi)Aeolic
  • παλήω (palḗō)Boeotian

Etymology

From πά̆λη (pá̆lē).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

παλαίω • (palaíō)

  1. to wrestle
  2. to overcome
  3. to endeavour

Derived terms

  • πάλαισις (pálaisis)
  • πάλαισμα (pálaisma)
  • παλαισμοσύνη (palaismosúnē)
  • παλαιστέον (palaistéon)
  • παλαιστής (palaistḗs)
  • παλαίστρα (palaístra)

Further reading

  • παλαίω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • παλαίω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • παλαίω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • παλαίω”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter