στροφάς

English (LSJ)

άδος, ὁ, ἡ, (στρέφω)

   A turning round, revolving, circling, of the constellations, ἄρκτου στροφάδες κέλευθοι the Bear's circling paths, S.Tr.131 (lyr.), cf. D.P.594; στροφάδεσσιν ἀέλλαις whirl-winds, Orph.A.677; of cranes on their return, Arat.1032; of fish, στροφάδες παρὰ πέτρην Numen. ap. Ath.7.319b; of worms, Hsch.    II Στροφάδες (sc. νῆσοι), αἱ, the Drifting Isles, a group not far from Zacynthus, supposed to have been once floating, Apollod.1.9.21, Str. 8.4.2, St.Byz.