παλίνδρομος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πάλιν (pálin, “again”) +‎ δρόμος (drómos, “racecourse”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.lín.dro.mos/ → /paˈlin.dro.mos/ → /paˈlin.dro.mos/

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

Adjective

πᾰλῐ́νδρομος • (pălĭ́ndromos) m or f (neuter πᾰλῐ́νδρομον); second declension

1. running back again, recurring
2. (figuratively) uncertain

Inflection

Second declension of πᾰλῐ́νδρομος; πᾰλῐ́νδρομον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰλῐ́νδρομος pălĭ́ndromos	πᾰλῐ́νδρομον pălĭ́ndromon		πᾰλῐνδρόμω pălĭndrómō	πᾰλῐνδρόμω pălĭndrómō		πᾰλῐ́νδρομοι pălĭ́ndromoi	πᾰλῐ́νδρομᾰ pălĭ́ndromă
Genitive		πᾰλῐνδρόμου pălĭndrómou	πᾰλῐνδρόμου pălĭndrómou		πᾰλῐνδρόμοιν pălĭndrómoin	πᾰλῐνδρόμοιν pălĭndrómoin		πᾰλῐνδρόμων pălĭndrómōn	πᾰλῐνδρόμων pălĭndrómōn
Dative		πᾰλῐνδρόμῳ pălĭndrómōi	πᾰλῐνδρόμῳ pălĭndrómōi		πᾰλῐνδρόμοιν pălĭndrómoin	πᾰλῐνδρόμοιν pălĭndrómoin		πᾰλῐνδρόμοις pălĭndrómois	πᾰλῐνδρόμοις pălĭndrómois
Accusative		πᾰλῐ́νδρομον pălĭ́ndromon	πᾰλῐ́νδρομον pălĭ́ndromon		πᾰλῐνδρόμω pălĭndrómō	πᾰλῐνδρόμω pălĭndrómō		πᾰλῐνδρόμους pălĭndrómous	πᾰλῐ́νδρομᾰ pălĭ́ndromă
Vocative		πᾰλῐ́νδρομε pălĭ́ndrome	πᾰλῐ́νδρομον pălĭ́ndromon		πᾰλῐνδρόμω pălĭndrómō	πᾰλῐνδρόμω pălĭndrómō		πᾰλῐ́νδρομοι pălĭ́ndromoi	πᾰλῐ́νδρομᾰ pălĭ́ndromă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πᾰλῐνδρόμως pălĭndrómōs			πᾰλῐνδρομώτερος pălĭndromṓteros			πᾰλῐνδρομώτᾰτος pălĭndromṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πᾰλῐνδρομέω (pălĭndroméō)
• πᾰλῐνδρομής (pălĭndromḗs)
• πᾰλῐνδρόμησῐς (pălĭndrómēsĭs)
• πᾰλῐνδρομῐ́ᾱ (pălĭndromĭ́ā)
• πᾰλῐνδρομῐκός (pălĭndromĭkós)

Descendants

• → English: palindrome
• → Italian: palindromo

Further reading

• “παλίνδρομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παλίνδρομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παλίνδρομος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette