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) (ML)