- παλαίω
- παλαίωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to wrestle, to insist on wrestling' (Il.).Other forms: Aeol. -αιμι, Boeot. -ήω (Hdn. Gr.). Aor. -αῖσαι, -αισθῆναι, fut. -αίσω.Compounds: Also with προσ-, κατα-, συν-.Derivatives: 1. Παλαίμων, -ονος m. "wrestler", only as name of a sea-god and surn. of Heracles (E., Call., Lyc., inscr.); from the unattested appellative παλαι-μον-έω = παλαίω (Pi.) and παλαι(σ)μο-σύνη f. `art of wrestling' (Hom., Simon., Wyss -σύνη 24; perh. with anal. -(σ)μο- directly from παλαίω after Porzig Satzinhalte 223). 2. πάλαι-σμα n. `wrestling, bout in wrestling, trick' (IA.), 3. -σις f. `prize fight' (Ptol.); 4. -στής m. `wrestler', fighter' (θ 246) with -στικός `belonging to wrestling, to the wrestler' (Arist.); 5. -στρᾱ f. `wrestling school, gymnasium, arena' (IA.) with -στρίδιον, -στρίτης, -στρικός, -στριαῖος. -- On itself stands πάλη f. `wrestling, wrestling match' (Il.) as backformation (Schwyzer 421 n. 3) with ἀντί-παλος m. `opponent, coequal' (Pi., IA.), δυσ-παλής `hard to battle' (Pi.; with transition to the σ-stems) a.o.; thus διαπάλ-η f. (Pln.) from δια-παλαίω (Ar., Ph.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: If παλαίω can be compared with κεραίω (: κερά-σαι), λαγαίω (: λαγάσαι) a.o. (Schwyzer 676), the non-pres. tempora must have been second. formed; παίω, which is itself unclear, and the by Schw. l.c. adduced monosyll. present-stems are no help. Etymol. unclear; cf. on πάλλω and πέλομαι, also πελεμίζω. -- Older attempts in Bq.Page in Frisk: 2,465-466
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.