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|Definition=ἡ, ([[ἐκτρέπω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[turning off]] or [[turning aside]], <b class="b3">ἐκτροπὴ ὕδατος</b> [[diversion]] of [[water]] from its [[channel]], Th.5.65; <b class="b3">διὰ τὰς ἐκτροπὰς τὰς ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν</b> on [[account]] of [the river] [[be]]ing [[turn]]ed [[off]] over the [[country]], Plb.9.43.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> (from Med.) [[turning aside]], [[escape]], μόχθων [[from]] [[labour]]s, A.''Pr.''913; ἐ. (''[[sc.]]'' [[λόγος|λόγον]]) a [[digression]], Pl.''Plt.''267a, Aeschin.3.206 (pl.), D.Chr.7.128 (pl.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκτροπὴν ἐπάνιμεν</b> the [[point]] from which we [[digress]]ed, Plb.4.21.12; <b class="b3">πολλὰ μὲν οὖν τὰ αἴτια τῆς ἐπὶ ταύτας τὰς αἰτίας ἐκτροπῆς</b> = there are many causes for their resorting to these explanations [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]'' 1089a1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fork]], [[branch]] in a [[road]], Ar.''Ra.''113, E.''Ba.''881, X. ''HG''7.1.29, Aen.Tact.15.6 (pl.); [[bypath]], σκολιαὶ ἐκτροπαί D.S.3.15,26, cf. Varro ''Sat.Men.Fr.''418B.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[branch]] of a [[canal]], ''PPetr.''2p.40 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐκτροπὴ ὀνόματος</b> a [[collateral]] from, Ath.11.490e.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἐκτροπαὶ ποταμῶν</b> [[overflowing]]s, Lyd.''Ost.''55.<br><span class="bld">5</span> metaph., [[change of life]], Philostr.''VA''6.36.<br><span class="bld">6</span> Astrol. t.t., [[moment of birth]], Vett.Val. 51.37,al., Ptol.''Tetr.''108.<br><span class="bld">b</span> = [[ὡροσκόπος]] ([[horoscope]]), Paul.Al.''R.''1.<br><span class="bld">7</span> Medic., [[eversion]] of the [[eyelid]], Antyll. ap. Aët.7.74, Id. ap. Orib.10.23.24.