μετα-στρέφω,
aorist passive -εστρέφθην [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.258, +others, -εστράφην [ᾰ] 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.121, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]:— turn about, turn round, τῶ κε Ποσειδάων.. αἶψα μεταστρέψειε νόον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.52; εἴ κεν Ἀχιλλεὺς ἐκ χόλου.. μεταστρέψῃ φίλον ἦτορ 10.107; τὸ πρόσωπον πρός τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 190e ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: —middle, μεταστρέφεσθαι πρὸς τὸ μαλθακώτερον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 538 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, turn oneself about, turn about, whether to face the enemy, στῆ δὲ μεταστρεφθείς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.595, 15.591, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.211 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; or to flee, τῷ δὲ μεταστρεφθέντι μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πῆξεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.258 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply, turn round, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.121, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; turn about (to see if any one follows), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 125, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.221 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; recur, ἐπὶ τὰ προειρημένα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 428d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 turn round, retort, αἰτίας [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 41.13. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 twist or turn all ways, πάντα μεταστρέφοντα λόγον βασανίζειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 191c; λόγους ἄνω καὶ κάτω μ. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 272b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; turn upside down, ἅπαντα μ. τύχη [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 111 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, τἄνω κάτω ὁ βίος μεταστραφείς [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 5. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]