ὑποστροφ-άς,άδος,ἡ,
A. a screw working a crane,
Ath.Mech. 37.1 .-ή,ἡ, turning about, wheeling round,of cavalry, Hdt. 9.22 : generally,return march,
D.C. 71.2 .
2. in the phraseἐξ ὑποστροφῆς,of the chariot,turning roundthe meta at the far end of theδίαυλος,i. e.turning sharply round,
S. El. 725 : so in military sense,wheeling right about,
Plb. 2.25.3 , 3.14.5 , D.H. 2.41 , etc.
b. on the contrary,Epist. Philipp. ap. D. 18.166 .
3. return,
J. AJ 2.14.3 .
II. recurrence, relapse,
ὀδυνημάτων
Hp. Art. 50
, cf. Prog. 22 , Epid. 1.3 , Gal. 6.815 .
2. Rhet.,τὸ καθ' ὑποστροφὴν σχῆμα recurrenceto a subject, after a parenthesis, Hermog. Id. 2.1 , cf. Aristid. Rh. 2p.514S.