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ἔμπαλιν

ἔμπαλιν, backwards, back

ἔμπᾰλιν, Adv., in Trag. and Prose freq. with Art., τὸ ἔμπαλιν or τοὔμπαλιν, τὰ ἔμπαλιν (as always in Hdt.) or τἄμπαλιν:—
  • backwards, back, κατὰ δʼ ἔ. αὐτὸς ἔβαινε h.Merc. 78; δεδορκώς Hes. Sc. 145; ἐς τοὔ. δέδορκεν S. Ichn. 113; πρόσωπον ἔ. στρέφοντα E. Hec. 343; τοὔ. ὑποστρέψαντας X. An. 6.6.38; τὰ ἔ. ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι Hdt. 9.26; ἄπιμεν ἅπαντες τοὔ. X. An. 1.4.15, etc.
        • b τὸ ἔ. καὶ ἀνάπαλιν as before and vice versa, Nech. ap. Vett.Val. 154.28.
    • II contrariwise, the opposite way, τοὔ. σπεύδειν, κραίνειν, A. Pr. 204, Ag. 1424; λέγειν S. Tr. 358; ἀνατρέπειν ἔ. turn upside down, E. Ba. 348; ἔ. ὑποδεῖσθαι to put on oneʼs shoes contrariwise (i.e. on the wrong feet), Pl. Tht. 193c; ἐκ τοὔ. ἤ . . from the opposite side to . ., Th. 3.22.
      • 2 c. gen., contrary to, τέρψιος, γνώμας ἔ., Pi. O. 12.11, P. 12.32; τὰ ἔ. πρήσσων τοῦ πεζοῦ doing the opposite thing to the army, Hdt. 7.58; τἄ. τῶνδε the reverse of these things, A. Pers. 223; τοὔ. πεσεῖν φρενῶν to be brought to the opposite opinion, E. Hipp. 390; τοὔ. οὗ βούλονται X. Cyr. 8.4.32; folld. by ἤ, Emp. 100.20; γνώμην ἔχω τὰ ἔ. ἢ οὗτοι Hdt. 1.207; ἤϊσαν τὰ ἔ. ἢ Λακεδαιμόνιοι Id. 9.56.
      • 3 on the contrary, Nic. Th. 288, Ph. 1.264, Porph. Abst. 1.44; f.l. for ἔμπολιν in S. OC 637; τοὔ. on the other hand, Epicur. Ep. 3 p.63 U.

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