ἀγχίστροφος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[turning closely]], [[quick-swooping]], ἰκτῖνος <span class="bibl">Thgn. 1261</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[quick-changing]], [[changeable]], ἀγχίστροφα βουλεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.13</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγχίστροφος μεταβολή</b> [[sudden]] [[change]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.53</span>; ἀστάθμητον πρᾶγμα εὐτυχία καὶ ἀγχίστροφον <span class="bibl">D.H.4.23</span>:—Rhet., [[τὸ ἀγχίστροφον]] = [[rapidity of transition]], Longin. 27.3; <b class="b3">ἁρμονία ἀγχίστροφος περὶ τὰς πτώσεις</b> a style [[flexible]] in the use of the cases, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>22</span>. Adv. -φως Longin.22.1.</span>