περιτροπέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. and Ep. form of [[περιτρέπω]] : <span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> intr., <b class="b3">περιτροπέων ἐνιαυτός</b> a [[revolving]] year, <span class="bibl">Il.2.295</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> trans., <b class="b2">turn from all sides to a centre, round up, drive in</b>, πολλὰ [μῆλα] περιτροπέοντες ἐλαύνομεν <span class="bibl">Od. 9.465</span> ; <b class="b3">περιτροπέων φῦλ' ἀνθρώπων</b> [[shepherding]] them [[about]], h.Merc. 542. -ή, ἡ, [[turning round]], [[revolution]], ἐτέων περιτροπάς <span class="bibl">Semon.1.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>209e</span> ; ὅταν περιτροπαὶ ἑκάστοις… περιφορὰς συνάπτωσι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>546a</span> ; <b class="b3">π. ἔτους</b> Wilcken <span class="title">Chr.</span>27.32 (ii A. D.) : prov., <b class="b3">ὑπέρου π</b>., v. [[ὕπερος]] 1. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[turning about]], [[changing]], <b class="b3">ἐν περιτροπῇ</b> [[by turns]], [[one after another]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.168</span>,<span class="bibl">3.69</span> ; ἐκ περιτροπῆς <span class="bibl">D.H.5.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Aristid.<span class="title">Or.</span>43(1).24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>149.9</span>(ii/iii A. D.), <span class="bibl">D.C.53.1</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῆς π</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.54.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[overturning]], ὠθισμοὶ καὶ π. ἀλλήλων Plu.2.639f. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> Rhet., <b class="b3">ἡ π. τοῦ λόγου</b> [[turning]] an opponent's arguments against himself, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>2.128</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>13</span>.</span>