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===verb transitive===

[[turn]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στρέφειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κυκλεῖν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἑλίσσειν]], [[εἱλίσσειν]] ([[once Aristophanes|Ar]].).

[[sprain]]: see [[sprain]].

[[plait]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πλέκειν]], [[συμπλέκειν]].

[[turn aside]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παραστρέφειν]].

[[distort]], lit. and met.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διαστρέφειν]].

Met., also [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λυμαίνεσθαι]].

[[twist a man's hands behind him]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀποστρέφειν χέρας]].

===verb intransitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στρέφεσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἑλίσσεσθαι]] (also [[Plato]], ''[[Theaetetus]]'' 194B, but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[εἱλίσσεσθαι]]; see [[wriggle]].

===substantive===

[[turn]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στροφή]], ἡ.

[[knot]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἅμμα]], τό ([[Plato]]).

[[sprain]]: [[prose|P.]] [[στρέμμα]], τό, [[σπάσμα]], τό.

[[trick]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στροφή]], ἡ.

[[twists and turns]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[λυγισμοὶ καὶ στροφαί]] (''[[Ranae]]'' 775).

[[anything twisted]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πλέγμα]], τό, [[πλοκή]], ἡ ([[Plato]]).
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