ἐκτροπή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[ἐκτρέπω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[turning off]] or [[turning aside]], <b class="b3">ἐκτροπὴ ὕδατος</b> [[diversion]] of [[water]] from its [[channel]], <span class="bibl">Th.5.65</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ τὰς ἐκτροπὰς τὰς ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν</b> on account of [the river] [[being turned off]] over the [[country]], <span class="bibl">Plb.9.43.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> (from Med.) [[turning aside]], [[escape]], μόχθων [[from]] [[labour]]s, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>913</span>; ἐ. (sc. [[λόγον]]) a [[digression]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>267a</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.206</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">D.Chr.7.128</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκτροπὴν ἐπάνιμεν</b> the [[point]] from which we [[digress]]ed, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.21.12</span>; <b class="b3">πολλὰ μὲν οὖν τὰ αἴτια τῆς ἐπὶ ταύτας τὰς αἰτίας ἐκτροπῆς</b> = there are many causes for their resorting to these explanations <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1089a1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[fork]], [[branch]] in a [[road]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>113</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>881</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">HG</span>7.1.29</span>, <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.15.6</span> (pl.); [[bypath]], σκολιαὶ ἐκτροπαί <span class="bibl">D.S.3.15</span>,<span class="bibl">26</span>, cf. Varro <span class="title">Sat.Men.Fr.</span>418B. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[branch]] of a [[canal]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>2p.40</span> (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐκτροπὴ ὀνόματος</b> a [[collateral]] from, <span class="bibl">Ath.11.490e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἐκτροπαὶ ποταμῶν</b> [[overflowing]]s, <span class="bibl">Lyd.<span class="title">Ost.</span>55</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> metaph., [[change of life]], <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>6.36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> Astrol. t.t., [[moment of birth]], <span class="bibl">Vett.Val. 51.37</span>,al., <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>108</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> = [[ὡροσκόπος]] ([[horoscope]]), Paul.Al.<span class="title">R.</span>1. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> Medic., [[eversion]] of the [[eyelid]], Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Aët.7.74</span>, Id. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.10.23.24</span>.</span>