πάλιν: back again, back, again;πάλιν ποίησε γέροντα, made him an old man again (as he had been before), Od. 16.456; also of contradiction, πάλιν ἐρέει, Il. 9.56; of taking back a word, speech, Il. 4.357, Od. 13.254; joined w. αὖτις, ἄψ, ὀπίσσω.
(the usual sense in early Ep.), mostly joined with Verbs of going, coming, etc.; π. χώρειHdt.5.72; π. ἐλεύσεται, κατελθεῖν, ἐπανέλθωμεν, A.Pr.854, S.OC601, Pl.Cra.438a, etc.; κέλευθον ἥνπερ ἦλθες ἐγκόνει π.A.Pr.962; δίκα καὶ πάντα π. στρέφεταιE.Med.412 (lyr.); δεῦρο σωθήσῃ π. Id.Ph.725, cf. 1400; δόμεναι π. give
back, restore
, Il.1.116, etc.; π. ἀποδοῦναιAnd.2.23; π. ἀγκαλέσαι to call
back
, A.Ag.1021 (lyr.): less freq. c. gen., π. τράπεθ' υἷος ἑοῖο she turned
back from
her son, Il.18.138; δόρυ Ἀχιλλῆος π. ἔτραπεν 20.439, cf. Od.7.143: coupled with other Advbs., π. αὖτις ἔβαινον νηὸς ἐπὶ γλαφυρῆσ 14.356, cf. Pi.O.1.65; αὖ π. Od.13.125; ἂψ π.Il.18.280; π. εἶσιν ὀπίσσωOd.11.149; π. φέρεσθαι ἐξοπίσωHes.Th. 181; ἄψορρον π. S.El.53; π. οἴκαδε, π. οἴκαδ' αὖ, Ar.Lys.792, Ra.1486; π. αὖPl.Prt.318e, etc.: with the Art., ἡ π. ὁδόσE.Or.125. 2. to express
contradiction
, π. ἐρέει
gain
say, Il.9.56; π. ὅ γε λάζετο μῦθον took
back
his word,
unsaid
it, 4.357; opp. ἀληθέα εἰπεῖν, Od.13.254; μηδέ τῳ δόξῃ π. let no one think
contrariwise
, A.Th.1045: in Prose,
contrariwise
, Pl.Grg.482d; π. αὖId.R.507b; αὖ ..π. Id.Ap.27d: in this sense sts. c. gen., τὸ π. νεότατοσ youth's
opposite
, Pi.O.10(11).87; χρόνου τὸ π.
the change
of time, E.HF777(lyr.); cf. ἔμπαλιν. II. of Time,
again, once more
, rare in Hom., Il.2.276, cf. S.OT1166, X.Mem.1.6.11, etc.: freq. coupled with αὖ, αὖθισ (q.v.); π. ἐξ ἀρχῆσAr.Pax997, etc.; π. καὶ π. Str.17.1.3, Plu.2.565d, Ael.VH1.4; ἔγχει καὶ π. εἰπέ, π. π. "Ἡλιοδώρασ" AP5.135(Mel.): both senses (I and II) are appropriate in Od.16.456, Pl.Prt.322b, etc. III.