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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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|Transliteration C=amfistrofos
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|Beta Code=a)mfi/strofos
|Beta Code=a)mfi/strofos
|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[turning to and fro]], [[quick-turning]], βᾶρις ἀ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>882</span> (Sch. expl. by [[ἀμφιέλισσα]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Ἀμφίστροφον, τό, at Delos, possibly a [[domed building]], IG11(2).142.38 (iv B. C.), al.</span>
|Definition=ἀμφίστροφον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[turning to and fro]], [[quick-turning]], βᾶρις ἀ. A.''Supp.''882 (Sch. expl. by [[ἀμφιέλισσα]]).<br><span class="bld">2</span> Ἀμφίστροφον, τό, at Delos, possibly a [[domed building]], IG11(2).142.38 (iv B. C.), al.
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Transliteration A: amphístrophos Transliteration B: amphistrophos Transliteration C: amfistrofos Beta Code: a)mfi/strofos

English (LSJ)

ἀμφίστροφον,
A turning to and fro, quick-turning, βᾶρις ἀ. A.Supp.882 (Sch. expl. by ἀμφιέλισσα).
2 Ἀμφίστροφον, τό, at Delos, possibly a domed building, IG11(2).142.38 (iv B. C.), al.

Spanish (DGE)

-ον
1 de costados curvados, βᾶρις A.Supp.882.
2 subst. τὸ Ἀ. el Anfístrofon tal vez un edificio con cúpula en Delos IG 11(2).142.38(IV a.C.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 144] v.l. Schol. Aesch. Suppl. 850, für ἀντίστροφος, erkl. ἀμφιέλισσα, von beiden Seiten gewendet, gerudert.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
balancé par les flots.
Étymologie: ἀμφί, στρέφω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀμφίστροφος: поворачивающийся во все стороны, колеблемый (волнами) или верткий, легкий (βᾶρις Aesch.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμφίστροφος: -ον, ὁ τῇδε κἀκεῖσε στρεφόμενος, ὁ ταχέως στρεφόμενος, εὔστροφος, Λατ. versatilis, βᾶρις ἀμφ. = ἀμφιέλισσα Αἰσχύλ. Ἱκ. 882. Τὴν γραφὴν ταύτην παρεδέχθησαν μετὰ τοῦ Πόρσωνος ὁ Δινδόρφιος καὶ ὁ Ἕρμαννος (ἀντὶ τῆς κοιν. γραφ. ἀντίστροφος), ὁδηγούμενοι ἐκ τῶν εἰς τὰς Ἱκέτιδας Σχολ.: «τὴν ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν μερῶν ἑλισσομένην, ὅ ἐστιν ἀμφιέλισσαν.»

Greek Monolingual

-η, -ο (Α ἀμφίστροφος, -ον)
αυτός που στρέφεται μπρος και πίσω, προς δύο αντίθετες κατευθύνσεις
αρχ.
αυτός που στρέφεται γρήγορα, εύστροφος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἀμφι- + -στροφος < στρέφω.