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[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.323, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect στράφω [ᾰ] [[ “IG” 12(3).92.6 (Nisyrus, uncertain)] Refs]; Aeolic dialect στροφῶ (to be read στρόφω) [[ “Etymologicum Magnum” 728.44 ] Refs]: Epic dialect imperfect
__A στρέψασκον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.546 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future στρέψω [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1152, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἔστρεψα [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 1243, etc.] Refs], Epic dialect στρέψα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.520: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect ἔστροφα (ἀν-) [[ 3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 17.30, (ἀντ-, variant{ἀν-}) Theognetus Comicus 1.8, (ἐπ-) 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.110.6, (μετ-) 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.435 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also ἔστρᾰφα (κατ-) [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 23.11.2 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+] codices:—middle, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.488, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future στρέψομαι [[ 6.516, etc.] Refs]: aorist ἐστρεψάμην [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1416, (κατ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.94, etc.: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect passive (in middle sense) ἔστραμμαι (κατ-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future στρᾰφήσομαι [[ LXX.1Ki.10.6, (ἀνα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.64, (δια-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 175, “Av.” 177, (μετα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518d ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; future middle (in passive sense) στρέψομαι (ἀπο-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.36: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἐστρέφθην frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.40, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+], rare in Attic dialect, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1128, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 273e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect ἐστράφθην [[ 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 88, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.132, also variant (for κατεστράφησαν) in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.130 (but στραφῆναι [prev. author] 3.129): ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐστράφην [ᾰ] [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 37.6, always in Trag., 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 315, etc.] Refs 6th c.BC+], frequently in Attic dialect, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 537 (μετα-), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.97 (κατα-), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 77b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἔστραμμαι [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 411, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 5, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.15, etc.; ἔστρεμμαι 4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus “Ars astronomica” 12.10 (Papyrus), compare ἀποστρέφω, καταστρέφω] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—turn about or aside, ἂψ δὲ θεοὶ οὖρον στρέψαν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.520 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππους σ. turn horses, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.168, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.205, etc.; σ. πηδάλιον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 40; τὸν οἴακα 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 4.5, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 482.4; σάκος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 575 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of persons, ἡλίου πρὸς ἀντολὰς στρέψασα σαυτήν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 708; πρόσωπον πρὸς κασίγνητον στρέφε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 457, compare “Hec.” 344; πάλιν στρέψεις κάρα [prev. author] “Med.” 1152; ὄμμα πανταχῇ στρέφων [prev. author] “IT” 68; σ. ἀνταυγεῖς κόρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 902; σεαυτὸν εἰς πονηρὰ πράγματα [prev. author] “Nu.” 1455; πόλιν πρὸς κέρδος ἴδιον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 413; στρατὸν πρὸς ἀλκήν [prev. author] “Andr.” 1149 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; wheel soldiers round, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 11.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; see below [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.2 cause to rotate as on an axis, κεραμικὴν γαῖαν σ., i.e. on the potter's wheel, [[ 5th c.BC: Sannyrio Comicus 4; τὸν ἄτρακτον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.12; τὸν κόσμον μήτε αὐτὸν στρέφειν ἑαυτόν, μήτε.. ὑπὸ θεοῦ στρέφεσθαι διττὰς περιαγωγάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 269e, compare “Epin.” 977b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II πάντ᾽ ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω σ. turn upside down, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 651 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κάτω σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 717, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 733; σ. λόγους ἄνω καὶ κάτω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 511a, compare “Euthd.” 276d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄνω κάτω τοὺς νόμους σ. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.91; so δίκα καὶ πάντα πάλιν στρέφεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 411 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; στρέφειν alone, overturn, upset, [[ [prev. author] “IT” 1166, “fragment” 536 (troch.)] Refs]; γῆν σ. turn it over by digging or ploughing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 16.15: with _accusative_ _cognate_, πάσας σ. στροφάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 43e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γράμματα πανταχῇ σ. [[ [prev. author] “Cra.” 414c ] Refs]: with infinitive, change a thing so as to.. , εὔκλειαν ἔχειν βιοτὰν στρέψουσι φᾶμαι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 416 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III σ. σφυρόν sprain or dislocate it, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 29.2, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.15.4 (so στραφῆναι τὸν πόδα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.129, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 789e). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III.2 metaphorically of pain, twist, torture, κακὸν στρέφει με περὶ τὴν γαστέρα [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 177, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1131, “fragment” 462, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 2.44 (_passive_), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.141; βρέμει ἡ κοιλίη καὶ στρέφει καὶ βορβορύζει 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 6: so σ. τὴν ψυχήν] Refs 5th c.BC+] torment, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III.3 of corruptions in Music, κάμπτων καὶ στρέφων [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.15. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.IV twist, plait, σπάρτα ἐστραμμένα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.15; ἐμβολάδην ἐστραμμέναι ἀλλήλῃσι “hymnus ad Mercurium” 411 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; spin, ὑπὸ μακρῷ λίνῳ στρεφομένη [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JConf.” 7, compare 1; ἔστρεψεν Μοιρῶν μία νήματα “IG” 14.607i (from Caralis)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κρόκην σ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Fug.” 12: _metaphorically_, μεγάλας σ. περιόδους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.235e. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__A.V technical term of wrestlers, twist the adversary back, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.155: _metaphorically_, ἔριδα σ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.93. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.VI metaphorically, turn a thing over in one's mind, τί στρέφω τάδ; [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 750; πρὸς ἀλλήλους 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 8; βουλὴν ἐν ἑαυτῷ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.48; τὸ πρᾶγμα πανταχῇ στρέφων ἀγαγεῖν ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.116. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.VII return, give back, ἀργύριά τισι [[ NT.Matt.27.3. ] NT]
__A.VIII convert, τὴν πέτραν εἰς λίμνας ὑδάτων [[ LXX.Psa.113(114).8, compare 29(30).12, LXX.Exo.4.17 ] LXX]; στραφήσῃ εἰς ἄνδρα ἄλλον[[LXX.1Ki.10.6 ] LXX]; transmute metals,[[ Zos.Alch. p.195 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.IX falsa lectio for{τρέπω} in [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.20. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B passive and middle, twist or turn oneself, στρεφθείς having turned face upward, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.435 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; turn round or about, turn to and fro, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.40, 575, etc.; ἔν τε κύνεσσι κάπριος ἠὲ λέων στρέφεται 12.42 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐστρέφετ᾽ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, of one tossing in bed, [[ 24.5 ] Refs]; τί δυσκολαίνεις καὶ στρέφει τὴν νύχθ᾽ ὅλη; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 36, compare 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 20.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of patients, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.664. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.2 turn to or from an object, ἔμελλε στρέψεσθ᾽ ἐκ χώρης [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.516, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.352 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; στρεφθεὶς μετόπισθεν turning back, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.645 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; return, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1648, “Ant.” 315, etc.; στραφέντες ἔφευγον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.63, “An.” 3.5.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῖ στρέφε; whither away? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 230, 610. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.3 of the heavenly bodies, revolve, circle, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.274, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 40b ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the distaff, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 617a ] Refs]; of a joint, ἐν ἄρθροις σ. κοτυληδών [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1495. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II turn or twist about, like a wrestler trying to elude his adversary: hence, in argument, twist and turn, shuffle, τί ταῦτα στρέφε; [[ [prev. author] “Ach.” 385 ] Refs]; τί δῆτα ἔχων στρέφε; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 236e, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάσας στροφὰς στρέφεσθαι twist every way, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 405c, compare “Euthd.” 302b. ] Refs]
__B.II.2 turn and change, κἂν σοῦ στραφείη θυμός [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1134 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; στρεφόμενα λέγων things that tell both ways, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 8.15: with _genitive_ causae, τοῦ δὲ σοῦ ψόφου οὐκ ἂν στραφείην] Refs 1st c.BC+] I would not turn for any noise of thine, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1117. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III to be always engaged in or about, ἐν τούτοις στρέφεται καὶ ἑλίττεται ἡ δόξα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 194b; περὶ τὸ αὐτὸ γένος στρέφεται ἡ σοφιστική 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1004b22, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2p.124S. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.2 generally, to be at large, go about, ἀνειμένη στρέφει [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 516; ἐν κυσὶν.. ἐστράφην λύκος 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 37.6; στρέφεσθαι περὶ τὰ δικαστήρια 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.139 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; of things, to be rife, ταῦτα μὲν ἐν δήμῳ στρέφεται κακά [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.23. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__B.III.3 of places, τόποι ἐπὶ.. τὰς ἄρκτους ἐστραμμένοι turned, lying towards.., [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.15.8, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__C in strict middle sense, turn about with oneself, take back, στράτευμ᾽ ἐς Ἄργος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1416. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__D intransitive in active, like passive, turn about, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.544, 546, where, however, ζεύγεα may be supplied from 543, as may ὄϊς in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.528, and ἵππους in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 7.18 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of soldiers, wheel about, [[ [prev. author] “An.” 4.3.26 and 32; στρέψαντες ἀπεχώρουν [prev. author] “Ages.” 2.3 ] Refs]; ποῖ στροφαὶ.. μανιῶν στρέφουσ; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 224] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν στρέφοντα κύκλον ἡλίου revolving, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 738, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1154 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; στρέψαι δεῦρ᾽, of the Comic Chorus, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 92 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; στρέψον τι, δούλη withdraw a little, [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.8; ἔστρεψεν ὁ θεός NT.Act.7.42. ] NT+3rd c.BC+]
