strangeness

From LSJ

κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλινbend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

novelty: P. καινότης, ἡ.

oddness: Ar. and P. ἀτοπία, ἡ.

my son, what ails you? what is the meaning of this strangeness? V. ὦ παῖ τί πάσχεις; τίς ὁ τρόπος ξενώσεως τῆσδε; (Euripides, Hercules Furens 965).