A.to be taken back or recalled, ο ὐ π . ο ὐδ ᾽ ἀπατηλόν irrevocable, Il.1.526; “π . ἀάτη” Hes.Sc.93; “νεότατα δ ᾽ ἔχ ε ι ν π . ο ὐκ ἔσ τ ι ” Theoc. 29.28; π . α ἰών, ἀρχή, etc., Nonn.D.3.255, 6.175, al.; recoverable, of an element, Numen. ap. Eus.PE15.17.
2. retracting his words, of the philosopher Arcesilaus, Id.ib.14.5.