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πάλιν

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Frozen adverbial accusative of *πάλις (*pális) from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥His, from *kʷel- (to revolve) (whence πέλω (pélō, to go, be) and πάλαι (pálai, before, long ago)).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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πᾰ́λῐν (pálin)

  1. (of place) back, backwards
    1. (with a notion of contradiction)
  2. (of time) again, once more, anew
  3. again, in turn, doubly

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: πάλι (páli)
  • Coptic: ⲡⲁⲗⲓⲛ (palin)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πάλιν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1147

Further reading

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