παλίντονος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πάλιν (pálin, “again”) +‎ τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.lín.to.nos/ → /paˈlin.to.nos/ → /paˈlin.do.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.lín.to.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈlin.to.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈlin.to.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈlin.to.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈlin.do.nos/

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Adjective

πᾰλῐ́ντονος • (pălĭ́ntonos) m or f (neuter πᾰλῐ́ντονον); second declension

1. (of a bow) stretched or bent backward
2. caused by opposite tensions

Inflection

Second declension of πᾰλῐ́ντονος; πᾰλῐ́ντονον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰλῐ́ντονος pălĭ́ntonos	πᾰλῐ́ντονον pălĭ́ntonon		πᾰλῐντόνω pălĭntónō	πᾰλῐντόνω pălĭntónō		πᾰλῐ́ντονοι pălĭ́ntonoi	πᾰλῐ́ντονᾰ pălĭ́ntonă
Genitive		πᾰλῐντόνου pălĭntónou	πᾰλῐντόνου pălĭntónou		πᾰλῐντόνοιν pălĭntónoin	πᾰλῐντόνοιν pălĭntónoin		πᾰλῐντόνων pălĭntónōn	πᾰλῐντόνων pălĭntónōn
Dative		πᾰλῐντόνῳ pălĭntónōi	πᾰλῐντόνῳ pălĭntónōi		πᾰλῐντόνοιν pălĭntónoin	πᾰλῐντόνοιν pălĭntónoin		πᾰλῐντόνοις pălĭntónois	πᾰλῐντόνοις pălĭntónois
Accusative		πᾰλῐ́ντονον pălĭ́ntonon	πᾰλῐ́ντονον pălĭ́ntonon		πᾰλῐντόνω pălĭntónō	πᾰλῐντόνω pălĭntónō		πᾰλῐντόνους pălĭntónous	πᾰλῐ́ντονᾰ pălĭ́ntonă
Vocative		πᾰλῐ́ντονε pălĭ́ntone	πᾰλῐ́ντονον pălĭ́ntonon		πᾰλῐντόνω pălĭntónō	πᾰλῐντόνω pălĭntónō		πᾰλῐ́ντονοι pălĭ́ntonoi	πᾰλῐ́ντονᾰ pălĭ́ntonă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πᾰλῐντόνως pălĭntónōs			πᾰλῐντονώτερος pălĭntonṓteros			πᾰλῐντονώτᾰτος pălĭntonṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πᾰλῐ́ντονᾰ (pălĭ́ntonă)

Further reading

• “παλίντονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παλίντονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “παλίντονος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• παλίντονος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• παλίντονος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963