παλινάγρετος

A. to be taken back or recalled, οὐ π. οὐδ’ ἀπατηλόν irrevocable, Il. 1.526; π. ἀάτη Hes. Sc. 93; νεότατα δ’ ἔχειν π. οὐκ ἔστι Theoc. 29.28; π. αἰών, ἀρχή, etc., Nonn. D. 3.255, 6.175, al.; recoverable, of an element, Numen. ap. Eus. PE 15.17.

2. retracting his words, of the philosopher Arcesilaus, Id.ib.14.5.