turn about, turn round
ἐπι-στρέφω,pf.
A.
ἐπέστροφα
Diog.
(v. infr. 1.2a ):—turn about, turn round,νῶτονOrac. ap. Hdt. 7.141 ; δεῦρ' ἐ. κάρα
E. Heracl. 942
, cf. X. Cyn. 10.12 ; στροφεῖς
Hero Aut. 23.3
;ἐ. τὰς ναῦς tack(cf. ἐπιστροφή
11.1
), Th. 2.90 ; also,putan enemyto flight, X. HG 6.4.9 ;wheel about, τοὺς ἱππεῖς
Plu. Sull. 19
;wheel through a right angle, Ascl. Tact. 10.5 ( Act. and Pass. ), etc.; intr., ib. 12.11 , etc.
b. . intr.,turn about, turn round,ἕλκε δ'
ἐπιστρέψας
Il. 3.370
; here only in Hom. , and perh. trans.,whirl, butv.
Hdt. 2.103 , S. Tr. 566 ; ἀλλὰ πᾶς ἐπίστρεφε δεῦρο
Ar. V. 422
; of ships,put about, Plb. 1.47.8 , 50.5 ; of a wild boar,turn uponthe hunter, ἐπί τινα
X. Cyn. 10.15
;return,ἀπὸ τῆς στρατείαςEpist. Philipp. in IG 9(2).517.37 (Larissa), cf. Ev.Matt. 12.44 , etc.; of an illness,recur, f.l. for ὑπο- , Hp. Coac. 124 : as Hebraism, c.inf., as periphrasis of πάλιν, ἐπιστρέψει . . εὐφρανθῆναι
LXX De. 30.9
, cf. 2 Es. 9.14 , al.; so withκαίand finite Verb,ἐπέστρεψεν καὶ ᾠκοδόμησενib. 2 Ch. 33.3 , cf. Ma. 1.4 , al.
2. .turn towards, νόημα
Thgn. 1083
; ἦθος κατά τινα
Id. 213
;ἐ. τινά turnhisattention towardsone, Luc. Tim. 11 ;τινὰ πρός τι, εἰς ἑαυτόν, Plu. 2.21c , 69f , cf. Hdn. 5.3.8 ;οἱ τὴν
Ἑλλάδα ἐπεστροφότες ἐπὶ σοφίαν
Diog. Ep. 34.1
;ἐ. πίστιν pressa pledgeuponone, S. Tr. 1182 ;ἐ. τὴν φάλαγγα bringitinto action, Plu. Ant. 42 : hence,
b. . intr.,turn(oneself)towards, X. Eq. 8.12 , etc.;ἐ. εἰςorπρὸς ἑαυτόν, ofνοῦς,reflect, Plot. 5.3.1 , Procl. Inst. 15 ;τὸ ἐπιστρέφον βαθρικόνthe stepsleading tothe sarcophagus, JudeichAltertümervon Hierapolis
152 .
3. .turnorconvertfrom an error,correct,cause to repent, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 5 , Plu. Alc. 16 ; πλημμελοῦντας
Id. Cat.Mi. 14
;warn, Philostr. VS 1.7.1 ;coerce,
Cod.Just. 4.20.15.1 .
b. . Pass. ,to be converted, return, ἐπὶ Κύριον
LXX De. 30.2
; intr.,repent, ib. Ju. 5.19 , al., Ev.Matt. 13.15 , Ev.Luc. 22.32 , etc.
c. . Philos.,cause to returnto the source of Being, τινὰς εἰς τὰ ἐναντία καὶ τὰ πρῶτα
Plot. 5.1.1
; τι πρὸς τἀγαθόν
Procl. Inst. 144
:— Pass. , Plot. 1.2.4 , 5.2.1 ;τὸ
προϊὸν ἀπό τινος -στρέφεται πρὸς ἐκεῖνο ἀφ' οὗ πρόεισιν
Procl. Inst. 31
; πρὸς τὸ ἕν
Dam. Pr. 27
:—also intr. in Act. , ἐ. εἰς ἑαυτόν
Plot. 5.3.6
;τὸ γεννηθὲν φύσει πρὸς τὸ γεννῆσαν ἐ. Porph. Sent. 13 ;οὐδὲν τῶν σωμάτων πρὸς ἑαυτὸ πέφυκεν ἐ. Procl. Inst. 15 .
4. .curve, twist,ὀδύνη σε περὶ τὰ σπλάγχν' ἔοικ' ἐπιστρέφειν v.l. in
Ar. Pl. 1131 ; ἐ. ἐπισκύνιον
AP 11.376.8
( Agath. ):— Pass. ,to be distorted, ἢν τράχηλος ἐπιστραφῇ
Hp. Aph. 4.35
; of hair,curl, οἷς ἐπέστραπται τὸ τρίχιον
Arist. Pr. 963b10
;ἐπεστραμμένος, of a tree,crooked, Thphr. HP 3.8.4 ; of fir-needles,bent, ib. 3.9.6 .
II. . Med. and Pass. , esp. inaor. 2
Pass.
ἐπεστράφην [ᾰ], also ἐπεστρέφθην
Opp. C. 4.179
: Dor.
3 sg. fut.
Pass.
-στραφησεῖται
GDI 3089.27
(Callatis):—turn oneself round, turn about,ἤϊε ἐπιστρεφόμενος constantly turning, as if to look behind one, Hdt. 3.156 : and with acc.,πολλὰ θάλαμον ἐξιοῦς' ἐπεστράφη turned to gaze onit, E. Alc. 187 ; so of a lion retreating, Arist. HA 629b15 ;δι' οὗ πάσας ἐπιστρέφεσθαι τὰς περιφοράςby which all the revolving spheresare turned, Pl. R. 616c ;δόξα τῇδ' ἐπεστράφηthusturned about, changed, S. Ant. 1111 .
2. .go back-and forwards, πάντῃ
h.Hom. 27.10
;κατ'
ἄλσος
A. Supp. 508
: c.acc.,γαῖαν ἐπιστρέφεται wanders overthe earth, with collat. sense ofobserving, studyingit, Hes. Th. 753 , Thgn. 648 ; so ἐ. ὀρέων κορυφάς
Anacr. 2.4
: also c. acc. loci,turn toa place,πόθεν γῆς τῆσδ' ἐπεστράφης πέδον; E. Hel. 83 , cf. 89 , 768 , Ion 352 (alsoεἰς
χώρας
X. Oec. 4.13
): c.acc. cogn., [διεξόδους] ἐπιστρέφεσθαι walk in . ., Pl. Phdr. 247a ; of the sun,revolve, D.P. 584 .
3. .turn the mind towards, pay attention to, regard(cf. ἐπιστροφή
11.3
), τινός
Anacr. 96
, S. Ph. 599 , Phld. Lib. p.15 O., AP 5.47 ( Rufin. );τῶν ἰδίων οὐδὲν ἐ. Thgn. 440 ; εἴς τι
Alex.Aphr. in Sens. 57.18
: abs.,return to oneself, pay attention, ἐπιστραφείς
Hdt. 1.88
; οὐκ ἦλθες, . . οὐδ' ἐπεστράφης
E. Rh. 400
;οὐκ ἐπεστράφη, = οὐκ ἐφρόντισε (just above), D. 23.136 , cf. 10.9 , AP 11.319 ( Autom. ).
b. .conduct oneself, behave, ἀξίως τᾶς τιμᾶς
SIG 539
A 22 (Decr. Amphict.,iii B.C.).
4. . c.acc.,θεοῦ νιν κέλευσμ' ἐπεστράφη turned againsther, E. Andr. 101 (lyr.).
5. .pf. part.
Pass.
ἐπεστραμμένος, = ἐπιστρεφής ,earnest, vehement, λέγειν ἐπεστραμμένα
Hdt. 8.62
; ἀφέλεια -στραμμένη
Philostr. VS 1.7.1
.
