πάλλω
pallōVerbG8591
to agitate
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1.to poise or sway a missile before it is thrown, (Euripides)
2.to sway other arms, not missiles, *σάκος *(Hesiod); *πέλτας *(Euripides):—;then, to toss a child, (Iliad by Homer); Νὺξ ὄχημm *ἔπαλλεν *she drave it furiously, (Euripides)
3.*κλήρους ἐν κυνέηι πάλλον *they shook the lots together in a helmet, till one leapt forth, (Homer): absolute to cast lots, (Iliad by Homer); *ὅθ᾽ αὐτοὺς οἱ βραβεῖς κλήροις ἔπηλαν *where the stewards ranged them by casting lots, (Sophocles Tragicus):—;Mid. to draw lots, *ἔλαχον ἅλα παλλομένων *I obtained the sea when we cast lots, (Iliad by Homer); so in (Herdotus Historicus)
4.Pass. to swing or dash oneself, *ἐν ἄντυγι πάλτο *he dashed himself upon the shield-rim, (Iliad by Homer): to quiver, leap, especially in fear, *πάλλεται ἦτορ *(Iliad by Homer); also of the person, *παλλομένη κραδίην *(Iliad by Homer); of dying fish, to quiver, leap, (Herdotus Historicus)
5.intransitive, like the Pass., to leap, bound, (Euripides): to quiver, (Sophocles Tragicus)
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