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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[turn]] [[about]] or aside, [[turn]], Hom., etc.; στρ. ἵππους to [[turn]] or [[guide]] horses, Il.; στρ. [[σάκος]] to [[sway]] the [[shield]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> ἄνω καὶ [[κάτω]] στρ. to [[turn]] upside down, Aesch., Plat.; so, [[κάτω]] στρ. Soph.; so, στρέφειν [[alone]], to [[overturn]], [[upset]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[twist]] a [[rope]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph. of [[pain]], to [[twist]], [[torture]], Ar., Plat.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> to [[twist]], [[plait]], ἐστραμμένα Xen.: to [[spin]], Luc.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> metaph. to [[turn]] a [[thing]] [[over]] in one's [[mind]], τί [[στρέφω]] [[τάδε]]; Eur., Dem.<br /><b class="num">VI.</b> to [[turn]] from the [[right]] [[course]], [[divert]], [[embezzle]], Lys.<br />B. Pass. and Mid. to [[turn]] [[oneself]], to [[turn]] [[round]] or [[about]], [[turn]] to and fro, Il.; [[ἔνθα]] καὶ [[ἔνθα]] στρέφεσθαι, of one [[tossing]] in bed, Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[turn]] to or from an [[object]], to [[turn]] [[back]], [[return]], Il., Soph.; στραφέντες ἔφευγον Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of the [[heavenly]] bodies, to [[revolve]], Od.; of the [[distaff]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[twist]] [[about]], like a [[wrestler]] [[trying]] to [[elude]] his [[adversary]]; so, in [[argument]], to [[twist]] and [[turn]], [[shuffle]], τί [[ταῦτα]] στρέφει; why d'ye [[shuffle]] so? Ar.; τί [[δῆτα]] ἔχων στρέφει; why then do you [[keep]] [[shuffling]], Plat.; πάσας στροφὰς στρέφεσθαι to [[twist]] [[every]] way, Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[turn]] and [[change]], Soph.; τοῦ δὲ σοῦ ψόφου οὐκ ἂν στραφείην I would not [[turn]] for any [[noise]] of [[thine]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[twist]] [[oneself]] up with a [[thing]], [[stick]] [[close]] to it, Od.:—then, like Lat. versari, to be [[always]] [[engaged]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[generally]], to be at [[large]], go [[about]] Soph.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[ἐστραμμένος]], η, ον, of places, ἐστρ. ἐπὶ τόπον turned [[towards]], Polyb.<br />C. in [[strict]] Mid. [[sense]], to [[turn]] [[about]] with [[oneself]], [[take]] [[back]], Soph.<br />D. intr. in Act., like Pass. to [[turn]] [[about]], Il.; of soldiers, to [[wheel]] [[about]], Xen.