turn to the opposite side
ἀντιστρέφω,pf. -έστροφα,
A. turn to the opposite side:— Pass. ,to be turned in the opposite direction, μόχλος ἀντεστραμμένος reversedlever, Ph. Bel. 59.25 ;turn and look at,
Aristaenet. 1.4 : also c. acc., οὐδ' ἀ. ὃ λέγουσιν cast a glance at,
Phld. Rh. 1.245S.
Adv.
ἀντεστραμμένως
Arist. IA 712a4
.
2. intr.,wheel about, face about,
X. Ages. 1.16 .
II. retortan argument, τοὺς λόγους
Arist. Top. 163a30
, cf. APr. 59b1 ; αἰτίας
Procop. Pers. 1.16
.
III. correspond,
ἀλλήλοις
Anon. in Tht. 19.47
.
IV. in Logic,to be convertible,
Arist. Cat. 14b11 , al.;τὰ γένη κατὰ τῶν εἰδῶν κατηγοπεῖται, τὰ δὲ εἴδη κατὰ τῶν γενῶν οὐκ ἀντιστπέφει arenotconversely predicableof genera, ib. 2b21 : impers., ἀντιστρέφει the relation is reciprocal,
Id. GC 337b23
, cf. de An. 423a21 , Pr. 883b8 ;περὶ ἀντιστπεφόντων λόγων καὶ συνημμένων complementarypropositions, title of work by Chrysipp.: so of metaphors, Anon. Fig. p.228S.
2. most freq. in the doctrine of syllogism, of reduction byconversionof one of the premisses, Arist. APr. 50b25 ; either of the terms,τὸ Β τῷ Α ἀντιστρέφειthe term Bis convertible withA, ib. 67b30 ,al.;τὸ Γ πρὸς τὸ Α ἀ.ib. 38 ;ἀ. τὸ καθόλου τῷ κατὰ μέροςib. 31a27 , al.; or of the propositions, ib. 25a8 , al.;ἀ. καθόλου to besimplyconvertible,ib. 28 ;ἀ. ἐπὶ μέρους, ἐν μέρει, κατὰ μέρος,ib. 39a15 , 25a8 , 10 .
3. in Pass. , of propositions,to be convertedorchanged into their opposites,
Id. APr. 45b6 , APo. 80b25 , al.
4. to be interdependent, have a reciprocal nexus,
τὰ μὲν οὖν ἀ. . . καὶ ποιητικὰ ἀλλήλων καὶ παθητικὰ ὑπ' ἀλλήλων
Id. GC 328a19
: hence of cyclical argument,ἐν μόνοις τοῖς ἀ. κύκλῳ καὶ δι' ἀλλήλων(sc.αἱ ἀποδείξεις) Id. APr. 58a13 , cf. APo. 95b40 , GC 337b23 .
5. generally,to be suited converselyfor one or another purpose, ὁ τόπος ἀντιστπέφει πρὸς τὸ ἀνασκευάζειν καὶ κατασκευάζειν
Id. Top. 109b25
;ἀ. πρὸς ἄμφωib. 112a27 ,al.
V. pf. part.
Pass. ,conversely opposed,of concavities,facing one another,
ἀντεστραμμένα πρὸς ἄλληλα
Id. HA 498a8
; but,back to back,
Plb. 6.32.6 .
2. in Logic,converted,
συλλογισμὸς -μμένος
Arist. APr. 44a31
;πρότασιςib. 58a1 ;ἀ. τῇ πάχνῃ ὁ εὐρώςitsconverse,
Id. GA 784b16 ; ἡ ἀ. πρόσθεσις
Id. Ph. 207a23
.
3. Adv. ἀντεστραμμένως inversely,ib. 206b5 ;conversely, PA
684b35 , IA 712a4 , al.; in Logic,opposedly,
Id. Int. 22a34 .
VI. of lyrics,possess strophe and antistrophe,
Aristid.Quint. 1.29 , Sch. Ar. Ach. 1037 , Sch. Heph. p.167C.
VII. of grammatical construction,to be inverted,
A.D. Synt. 180.16 ,al.
