ἔμπαλιν

A. backwards, back, κατὰ δ’ ἔ. αὐτὸς ἔβαινε h.Merc. 78; δεδορκώς Hes. Sc. 145; ἐς τοὔ. δέδορκεν S. Ichn. 113; πρόσωπον ἔ. στρέφοντα E. Hec. 343; τοὔ. ὑποστρέψαντας X. An. 6.6.38; τὰ ἔ. ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι Hdt. 9.26; ἄπιμεν ἅπαντες τοὔ. X. An. 1.4.15, etc.

b. τὸ ἔ. καὶ ἀνάπαλιν as before and vice versa, Nech. ap. Vett.Val. 154.28.

II. contrariwise, the opposite way, τοὔ. σπεύδειν, κραίνειν, A. Pr. 204, Ag. 1424; λέγειν S. Tr. 358; ἀνατρέπειν ἔ. turn upside down, E. Ba. 348; ἔ. ὑποδεῖσθαι to put on one's shoes contrariwise (i.e. on the wrong feet), Pl. Tht. 193c; ἐκ τοὔ. ἤ . . from the opposite side to . ., Th. 3.22.

2. c. gen., contrary to, τέρψιος, γνώμας ἔ., Pi. O. 12.11, P. 12.32; τὰ ἔ. πρήσσων τοῦ πεζοῦ doing the opposite thing to the army, Hdt. 7.58; τἄ. τῶνδε the reverse of these things, A. Pers. 223; τοὔ. πεσεῖν φρενῶν to be brought to the opposite opinion, E. Hipp. 390; τοὔ. οὗ βούλονται X. Cyr. 8.4.32; folld. by ἤ, Emp. 100.20; γνώμην ἔχω τὰ ἔ. ἢ οὗτοι Hdt. 1.207; ἤϊσαν τὰ ἔ. ἢ Λακεδαιμόνιοι Id. 9.56.

3. on the contrary, Nic. Th. 288, Ph. 1.264, Porph. Abst. 1.44; f.l. for ἔμπολιν in S. OC 637; τοὔ. on the other hand, Epicur. Ep. 3p.63U.