ἀνα-στροφή, ἡ,
turning upside down, upsetting, overthrow, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 301 (_plural_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μοῖραν εἰς ἀ. δίδωσι, ={ἀναστρέφει}, [[ [prev. author] “Andr.” 1007] Refs]; disorder, confusion, [[ 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 26.22. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 turning back, return, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 226] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλὰς ἀ. ποιούμενος, of a hunter, making many casts backward, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.25] Refs 5th c.BC+]; wheeling round, of a horse, [[ [prev. author] “Eq.Mag.” 3.14 ] Refs]; of soldiers in battle, whether to flee or rally, [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 5.4.8; μηκέτι δοῦναι αὐτοῖς ἀ. ] Refs]time to rally, [[ [prev. author] “HG” 4.3.6, compare “Ages.” 2.3] Refs]; especially of the reversal of a wheeling movement, [[ 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 10.6, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 25.7, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 21.4 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of a ship, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἀ. turning back, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.54.4] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἀναστροφήν conversely, [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.430. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 in Grammars, throwing back of the accent, as in Prepositions after their case, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 308.15, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 Rhet., ={ἐπαναστροφή}, repetition of words which close one sentence at the beginning of another, [[ 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.12, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]