reverse

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verb transitive

P. and V. ἀναστρέφειν.

change: P. and V. μεταλλάσσειν; see change.

be a reversed: P. περιίστασθαι.

rescind: P. and V. λύω, λύειν, καθαιρεῖν, P. ἀναιρέω, ἀναιρεῖν, Ar. and P. καταλύω, καταλύειν.

they entirely reversed this policy: P. οἱ δὲ ταῦτα πάντα εἰς τοὐναντίον ἔπραξαν (Thuc. 2, 65).

substantive

something contrary: P. and V. τοὐναντίον (or pl.), τοὔμπαλιν.

quite the reverse of this: P. πολὺ τοὐναντίον τούτου.

things small and just and the reverse: V. καὶ σμικρὰ καὶ δίκαια καὶ τἀναντία (Sophocles, Antigone 667).

defeat: P. and V. σφάλμα, τό, P. ἧσσα, ἡ, ἀτύχημα, τό, πταῖσμα, τό.

suffer a reverse, v.: P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι, σφάλλεσθαι, P. προσκρούειν (Dem. 312).

since you have suffered a reverse of fortune: V. ἐπειδὴ περιπετεῖς ἔχεις τύχας (Eur., Andromache 982).

adjective

contrary: P. and V. ἐναντίος.