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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> pf. ἐπέστροφα Diog. (v. infr. 1.2a):—[[turn about]], [[turn round]], [[νῶτον]] Orac. ap. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.141; δεῦρ' ἐ. κάρα E.''Heracl.''942, cf. X.''Cyn.''10.12; στροφεῖς Hero''Aut.'' 23.3; <b class="b3">ἐπιστρέφω τὰς ναῦς</b> [[tack]] (cf. [[ἐπιστροφή]] ΙΙ.1), Th.2.90; also, [[put]] an [[enemy]] to [[flight]], X.''HG''6.4.9; [[wheel about]], τοὺς ἱππεῖς Plu.''Sull.''19; [[wheel through a right angle]], Ascl.''Tact.''10.5 (Act. and Pass.), etc.; intr., ib.12.11, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. intr., [[turn about]], [[turn round]], <b class="b3">ἕλκε δ'</b> ἐπιστρέψας Il.3.370; here only in Hom., and perhaps trans., [[whirl]], but v. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.103, S.''Tr.''566; ἀλλὰ πᾶς ἐπίστρεφε δεῦρο Ar.''V.''422; of [[ship]]s, [[put about]], Plb.1.47.8,50.5; of a [[wild]] [[boar]], [[turn upon]] the [[hunter]], ἐπί τινα X.''Cyn.''10.15; [[return]], <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τῆς στρατείας</b> Epist. Philipp. in ''IG''9(2).517.37 (Larissa), cf. ''Ev.Matt.''12.44, etc.; of an [[illness]], [[recur]], [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[ὑποστρέφω]], Hp.''Coac.''124: as Hebraism, c. inf., as periphrasis of πάλιν, ἐπιστρέψει.. εὐφρανθῆναι [[LXX]] ''De.''30.9, cf. ''2 Es.'' 9.14, al.; so with [[καί]] and finite Verb, <b class="b3">ἐπέστρεψεν καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν</b> ib.''2 Ch.''33.3, cf. ''Ma.''1.4, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[turn towards]], νόημα Thgn.1083; ἦθος κατά τινα Id.213; <b class="b3">ἐπιστρέφω τινά</b> [[turn]] his [[attention]] [[towards]] one, Luc. ''Tim.''11; <b class="b3">τινὰ πρός τι, εἰς ἑαυτόν</b>, Plu.2.21c,69f, cf. Hdn.5.3.8; <b class="b3">οἱ τὴν</b> Ἑλλάδα ἐπεστροφότες ἐπὶ [[σοφία]]ν Diog.''Ep.''34.1; <b class="b3">ἐπιστρέφω πίστιν</b> [[press]] a [[pledge]] upon one, S.''Tr.''1182; <b class="b3">ἐπιστρέφω τὴν φάλαγγα</b> [[bring]] it into [[action]], Plu. ''Ant.''42: hence,<br><span class="bld">b</span>. intr., [[turn]] (oneself) [[towards]], X.''Eq.''8.12, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπιστρέφω εἰς</b> or <b class="b3">ἐπιστρέφω πρὸς ἑαυτόν</b>, of [[νοῦς]], [[reflect]], Plot.5.3.1, Procl.''Inst.''15; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπιστρέφον</b> [[βαθρικόν]] the [[step]]s [[lead]]ing to the [[sarcophagus]], ''Judeich Altertümervon Hierapolis'' 152.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[turn]] or [[convert]] from an [[error]], [[correct]], [[cause to repent]], Luc.''Hist.Conscr.''5, Plu.''Alc.''16; πλημμελοῦντας Id.''Cat.Mi.''14; [[warn]], Philostr.''VS''1.7.1; [[coerce]], Cod.Just.4.20.15.1.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. Pass., to [[be converted]], [[return]], ἐπὶ Κύριον [[LXX]] ''De.''30.2; intr., [[repent]], ib.''Ju.''5.19, al., ''Ev.Matt.''13.15,''Ev.Luc.''22.32, etc.<br><span class="bld">c</span>. Philos., [[cause]] to [[return]] to the [[source]] of Being, τινὰς εἰς τὰ ἐναντία καὶ τὰ πρῶτα Plot. 5.1.1; τι πρὸς τἀγαθόν Procl.''Inst.''144:—Pass., Plot.1.2.4, 5.2.1; τὸ προϊὸν ἀπό τινος ἐπιστρέφεται πρὸς ἐκεῖνο ἀφ' οὗ πρόεισιν Procl.''Inst.''31; πρὸς τὸ ἕν Dam.''Pr.''27:—also intr. in Act., ἐ. εἰς ἑαυτόν Plot.5.3.6; τὸ <b class="b3">γεννηθὲν φύσει πρὸς τὸ γεννῆσαν ἐ.</b> Porph.''Sent.''13; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν τῶν σωμάτων</b> <b class="b3">πρὸς ἑαυτὸ πέφυκεν ἐ.</b> Procl.''Inst.''15.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[curve]], [[twist]], <b class="b3">ὀδύνη σε περὶ</b> <b class="b3">τὰ σπλάγχν' ἔοικ' ἐπιστρέφειν</b> [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Ar.''Pl.''1131; ἐ. [[ἐπισκύνιον]] ''AP''11.376.8 (Agath.):—Pass., to [[be distorted]], ἢν [[τράχηλος]] ἐπιστραφῇ Hp. ''Aph.''4.35; of hair, [[curl]], οἷς ἐπέστραπται τὸ τρίχιον Arist.''Pr.''963b10; [[ἐπεστραμμένος]], of a [[tree]], [[crooked]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 3.8.4; of [[fir]]-[[needle]]s, [[bent]], ib.3.9.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. Med. and Pass., especially in aor. 2 Pass. ἐπεστράφην [ᾰ], also [[ἐπεστρέφθην]] Opp.''C.''4.179: Dor. 3sg. fut. Pass. ἐπιστραφησεῖται ''GDI''3089.27 (Callatis):—[[turn oneself round]], [[turn about]], <b class="b3">ἤϊε ἐπιστρεφόμενος</b> [[constantly]] [[turning]], as if to [[look]] [[behind]] one, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 3.156: and with acc., <b class="b3">πολλὰ θαλάμων ἐξιοῦσ' ἐπεστράφη</b> = [[leave|leaving]] the [[room]], she [[often]] [[turn]]ed to [[gaze]] on it, E.''Alc.''187; so of a [[lion]] [[retreat]]ing, Arist.''HA''629b15; <b class="b3">δι' οὗ</b> <b class="b3">πάσας ἐπιστρέφεσθαι τὰς περιφοράς</b> = by which all the [[revolve|revolving]] [[sphere]]s [[be turned|are turned]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 616c; <b class="b3">δόξα τῇδ' ἐπεστράφη</b> thus [[turn about|turned about]], [[change]]d, S.''Ant.''1111.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[go back-and forwards]], πάντῃ ''h.Hom.''27.10; <b class="b3">κατ'</b> [[ἄλσος]] A.''Supp.'' 508: c.acc., <b class="b3">γαῖαν ἐπιστρέφεται</b> [[wander over|wanders over]] the earth, with collat. sense of [[observing]], [[study]]ing it, Hes.''Th.''753, Thgn.648; so ἐ. ὀρέων κορυφάς Anacr.2.4: also c. acc. loci, [[turn to]] a place, [[πόθεν]] <b class="b3">γῆς τῆσδ' ἐπεστράφης πέδον</b>; E.''Hel.''83, cf. 89,768, ''Ion''352 (also [[εἰς]] χώρας X.''Oec.''4.13): c.acc. cogn., [διεξόδους] ἐπιστρέφεσθαι [[walk]] in.., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''247a; of the [[sun]], [[revolve]], D.P.584.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[turn the mind towards]], [[pay attention to]], [[regard]] (cf. [[ἐπιστροφή]] II.3), τινός Anacr.96, S. ''Ph.''599, Phld.''Lib.''p.15 O., ''AP''5.47 (Rufin.); <b class="b3">τῶν ἰδίων οὐδὲν ἐ.</b> Thgn. 440; εἴς τι Alex.Aphr.''in Sens.''57.18: abs., [[return to oneself]], [[pay attention]], [[ἐπιστραφείς]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.88; οὐκ ἦλθες,.. οὐδ' ἐπεστράφης E.''Rh.'' 400; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐπεστράφη</b>, = [[οὐκ ἐφρόντισε]] (just above), D.23.136, cf. 10.9, ''AP''11.319 (Autom.).<br><span class="bld">b</span>. [[conduct oneself]], [[behave]], ἀξίως τᾶς τιμᾶς ''SIG''539''A''22 (Decr. Amphict., iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">4</span>. c.acc., <b class="b3">θεοῦ νιν κέλευσμ'</b> [[ἐπεστράφη]] = [[turn against|turned against]] her, E.''Andr.''101 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">5</span>. pf.part. Pass. [[ἐπεστραμμένος]], = [[ἐπιστρεφής]], [[earnest]], [[vehement]], λέγειν ἐπεστραμμένα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.62; [[ἀφέλεια]] ἐπεστραμμένη Philostr.''VS''1.7.1.