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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[turning about]], τῆς τοῦ ἀτράκτου δίνης [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 620e; [[twisting]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 3.13.3; of strands, Ph.''Bel.''58.15; τῶν σχοινίων Plu.''Alex.''25 (pl.); ἡ εἴσω ἐ. τῶν δακτύλων Philostr.''Im.''1.23.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[bending]] of a [[bow]], Str.2.5.22.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[curve]], [[winding]] of a [[bay]], ib.33; of a [[river]], Ptol.''Alm.''8.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. intr., [[turning]] or [[wheeling about]], [[δαΐων]] <b class="b3">ἀνδρῶν ἐπιστροφαί</b>, i.e. [[hostile]] men [[turning]] to [[bay]], S.''OC''1045 (lyr.); [[tossing]], of a [[restless]] [[patient]], Hp.''Epid.''7.83 (pl.); <b class="b3">μυρίων ἐπιστροφαὶ</b> κακῶν [[renewed]] [[assault]]s of [[ill]]s [[unnumbered]], S.''OC''537 (lyr.), cf. Arr. ''An.''7.17.5; esp. in [[military]] [[evolution]]s, Plb.10.23.3, Plu.''Phil.''7; [[wheeling]] [[through a right angle]], Ascl.''Tact.''10.4, etc. (but, as a general term, <b class="b3">αἱ ἐπιστροφαὶ τῶν ἵππων</b> ib.7.2, cf. Arr.''Tact.''16.7); of ships, [[putting]] [[about]], [[tacking]], Th.2.90,91; [[ἐξ ἐπιστροφῆς]] = [[by a sudden wheel]], Plb.1.76.5, Plu.''Tim.''27; but <b class="b3">ἐξ ἐπιστροφῆς παθεῖν</b> to have a [[relapse]], Hp. ''Coac.''251.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[turn]] of [[affair]]s, [[reaction]], [[counter-revolution]], <b class="b3">μή τις ἐ.</b> γένηται Th.3.71; [[result]], [[end]], Plb.21.32.15 (dub.l.).<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[attention paid to]] a person or thing ([[ἐπιστρέφω]] 11.3), <b class="b3">ξενοτίμους δωμάτων ἐπιστροφάς</b> [[respect]] for [[guest]]s, A.''Eu.''548; <b class="b3">πρὸ τοῦ θανόντος τήνδ' ἔθεσθ' ἐ.</b> [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''134; <b class="b3">ὧν ἐ. τις ἦν</b> to whom any [[regard]] was due, E.''IT''671; so [[ἐπιστροφῆς]] ἄξιον X.''HG''5.2.9; παραμυθέεσθαι μετ' ἐπιστροφῆς καὶ [[ὑποδέξιος]] Hp. ''Decent.''16; <b class="b3">ἐπιστροφὴν ποιεῖσθαι</b> Philipp. ap. D.12.1, cf. 19.306, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπιστροφὴν ἔχειν</b> τινός Men.836; περί τινος Chrysipp.Stoic.3.187, etc.; ἐπιστροφῆς [[τυγχάνειν]] Plb.4.4.4, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. Philos., [[turning towards]], πρὸς τὰ τῇδε Plot.4.3.4; <b class="b3">ψυχὴ καταδεῖται πρὸς τὸ σῶμα τῇ ἐ. τῇ πρὸς τὰ πάθη τὰ ἀπ'</b> αὐτοῦ Porph.''Sent.''7.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[moving up and down in]] a place, mostly in plural, <b class="b3">πατρῴων δωμάτων ἐπιστροφαί</b> the [[range]] of them, A.''Th.''648; [[οἷσιν]] <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐπιστροφαί</b> men who have no [[business]] here, E.''Hel.''440; <b class="b3">βούνομοι ἐ.</b> [[haunt]]s of the grazing [[herd]]s, A.''Fr.''249; so <b class="b3">Κίλιξ δὲ χώρα καὶ Σύρων</b> [[ἐπιστροφαί]] (cj. for <b class="b3">Σηρῶν ἐνστροφαί</b>) ib.271.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[intentness]], [[vehemence]], ἐπιστροφὴν εἶχεν ὁ λόγος καὶ ἔρρωτο Philostr.''VS''1.21.5; <b class="b3">θρασυτέρᾳ τῇ ἐ. χρήσασθαι</b> ib.2.5.2.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[gravity]] of [[deportment]], ἡ ἐπιστροφὴ τοῦ εἴδους Id.''Im.'' 2.16.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[correction]], [[reproof]], Plu.2.55b.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[conversion]], Act.Ap.15.3; ἡ πρὸς θεὸν ἐπιστροφή Hierocl.''in CA''24p.473M.<br><span class="bld">8</span> in Philos., [[return]] to the [[source]] of Being, Plot.1.2.4; ἡ ἐπιστροφὴ πρὸς αὑτόν Id.5.3.6, cf. Procl. ''Inst.''31; [ἡ ἐ.] τοῦ προελθόντος [[ἐπάνοδος]] εἰς τὸ γεννῆσαν Dam.''Pr.''75; ἡ ἐπιστροφὴ τῆς ἐκστάσεώς ἐστιν [[ἐπανόρθωσις]] ib.61.<br><span class="bld">9</span> in Logic, [[conversion]] of a [[proposition]], <b class="b3">ἡ σὺν ἀντιθέσει ἐπιστροφή</b> the [[contraposition]], Suppl.ad Procl. ''in Prm.''p.1004S.