ἐπιστροφή

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A turning about, τῆς τοῦ ἀτράκτου δίνης Pl.R.620e; twisting, Thphr.HP3.13.3; of strands, Ph.Bel.58.15; τῶν σχοινίων Plu.Alex.25 (pl.); ἡ εἴσω ἐ. τῶν δακτύλων Philostr.Im.1.23.    2. bending of a bow, Str.2.5.22.    3. curve, winding of a bay, ib.33; of a river, Ptol.Alm.8.1.    II. intr., turning or wheeling about, δαΐων ἀνδρῶν ἐπιστροφαί, i.e. hostile men turning to bay, S.OC1045 (lyr.); tossing, of a restless patient, Hp.Epid.7.83 (pl.); μυρίων ἐπιστροφαὶ κακῶν renewed assaults of ills unnumbered, S.OC537 (lyr.), cf. Arr. An.7.17.5; esp.in military evolutions, Plb.10.23.3, Plu.Phil.7; wheeling through a right angle, Ascl.Tact.10.4, etc. (but, as a general term, αἱ ἐ. τῶν ἵππων ib.7.2, cf. Arr.Tact.16.7); of ships, putting about, tacking, Th.2.90,91; ἐξ ἐπιστροφῆς by a sudden wheel, Plb.1.76.5, Plu.Tim.27; but ἐξ ἐπιστροφῆς παθεῖν to have a relapse, Hp. Coac.251.    2. turn of affairs, reaction, counter-revolution, μή τις ἐ. γένηται Th.3.71; result, end, Plb.21.32.15 (dub.l.).    3. attention paid to a person or thing (ἐπιστρέφω 11.3), ξενοτίμους δωμάτων ἐ. respect for guests, A.Eu.548; πρὸ τοῦ θανόντος τήνδ' ἔθεσθ' ἐ. S.OT134; ὧν ἐ. τις ἦν to whom any regard was due, E.IT671; so ἐπιστροφῆς ἄξιον X.HG5.2.9; παραμυθέεσθαι μετ' ἐπιστροφῆς καὶ ὑποδέξιος Hp. Decent.16; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Philipp. ap. D.12.1, cf. 19.306, etc.; ἐ. ἔχειν τινός Men.836; περί τινος Chrysipp.Stoic.3.187, etc.; ἐπιστροφῆς τυγχάνειν Plb.4.4.4, etc.    b. Philos., turning towards, πρὸς τὰ τῇδε Plot.4.3.4; ψυχὴ καταδεῖται πρὸς τὸ σῶμα τῇ ἐ. τῇ πρὸς τὰ πάθη τὰ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ Porph.Sent.7.    4. moving up and down in a place, mostly in pl., πατρῴων δωμάτων ἐπιστροφαί the range of them, A.Th.648; οἷσιν οὐκ ἐπιστροφαί men who have no business here, E.Hel.440; βούνομοι ἐ. haunts of the grazing herds, A.Fr.249; so Κίλιξ δὲ χώρα καὶ Σύρων ἐπιστροφαί (cj. for Σηρῶν ἐνστροφαί) ib.271.    5 intentness, vehemence, ἐπιστροφὴν εἶχεν ὁ λόγος καὶ ἔρρωτο Philostr.VS1.21.5 ; θρασυτέρᾳ τῇ ἐ. χρήσασθαι ib.2.5.2.    b gravity of deportment, ἡ ἐ. τοῦ εἴδους Id.Im. 2.16.    6 correction, reproof, Plu.2.55b.    7 conversion, Act.Ap.15.3 ; ἡ πρὸς θεὸν ἐ. Hierocl.in CA24p.473M.    8 in Philos., return to the source of Being, Plot.1.2.4 ; ἡ ἐ. πρὸς αὑτόν Id.5.3.6, cf. Procl. Inst.31 ; [ἡ ἐ.] τοῦ προελθόντος ἐπάνοδος εἰς τὸ γεννῆσαν Dam.Pr.75 ; ἡ ἐ. τῆς ἐκστάσεώς ἐστιν ἐπανόρθωσις ib.61.    9 in Logic, conversion of a proposition, ἡ σὺν ἀντιθέσει ἐ. the contraposition, Suppl.ad Procl. in Prm.p.1004S.