Glosses in this entry are similar to ones found in scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds (see note 3), though that cannot be the only source since the headword as such does not appear in that play. One of the few other attestations of the form of the headword (third person singular, imperfect indicative middle) is in a fragment of a text ascribed to Aelian (fr. 67 Hercher, 70d Domingo-Forasté), found at kappa 101. Generally cf. pi 40.
[1] The obvious etymological connection between pala/mai ('[palms of the] hands') and the headword is difficult to reproduce in English, although 'manage' does derive from Latin manus ('hand'); cf. pi 39, pi 40, pi 41, pi 48.
[2] The aorist indicative middle, third person singular. It is this form, rather than the headword (the corresponding imperfect) that appears in the following quotation.
[3] Aristophanes, Clouds 176 (web address 1); Strepsiades is asking how Socrates solved the problem of there being no supper.