πάλιν
1. of Place, "back, backwards", Hom., Hes., etc.; π. χωρέειν Hdt.; π. ἔρχεσθαι Aesch., etc.; also, πάλιν δοῦναι to give "back, restore", Il.:—c. gen., πάλιν τράπεθ᾽ υἷος ἑοῖο she turned "back from" her son, id=Il.; πάλιν κίε θυγατέρος ἧς id=Il.;—also πάλιν αὖτις "back" again, αὖτε πάλιν, ἂψ π., π. ὀπίσσω, etc.
2. with a notion of "contradiction", πάλιν ἐρεῖν to "gain" say (i. e. say "against)", Il.; but, μῦθον πάλιν λάζεσθαι to take "back" one's word, "unsay" it, id=Il.; opp. to ἀληθέα εἰπεῖν, Od.: in Prose, "contrariwise", Plat.: —c. gen., τὸ πάλιν νεότητος youth's "opposite", Pind.; χρόνου τὸ πάλιν "the change" of time, Eur.
II. of Time, "again, once more, anew", Soph., etc.; so, αὖθις πάλιν, πάλιν αὖθις, αὖ πάλιν, πάλιν αὖ, αὖ πάλιν αὖθις, αὖθις αὖ πάλιν, attic
III. "again, in turn", Soph.