στροφάς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=άδος, ὁ, ἡ, (στρέφω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[turning round]], [[revolving]], [[circling]], of the constellations, <b class="b3">ἄρκτου στροφάδες κέλευθοι</b> the Bear's [[circling]] paths, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>131</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">D.P.594</span>; <b class="b3">στροφάδεσσιν ἀέλλαις</b> [[whirl-]]winds, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>677</span>; of cranes [[on their return]], <span class="bibl">Arat.1032</span>; of fish, στροφάδες παρὰ πέτρην Numen. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.7.319b</span>; of worms, Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[Στροφάδες]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[νῆσοι]]), αἱ, [[the Drifting Isles]], a group not far from Zacynthus, supposed to have been once floating, <span class="bibl">Apollod.1.9.21</span>, <span class="bibl">Str. 8.4.2</span>, St.Byz.</span>

|elnltext=στροφάς -άδος [στρέφω] [[ronddraaiend]], [[die in een cirkel beweegt]].