στροφ-ή, ἡ,
turning, e.g. of a horse, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 7.15, 17, 10.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; revolving, circling, ἄρκτου στροφαί [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 432.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ σώματος (i.e. τῆς σελήνης) [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.41U.; ὡρῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 782a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a snake, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 692a6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν στροφαῖσιν ὀμμάτων with rolling of the eyes, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 932. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 twist, such as wrestlers make to elude their adversary, πάσας στροφὰς στρέφεσθαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 405c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, slippery trick, dodge, οὐκ ἔργον ἔστ᾽ οὐδὲν στροφῶν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1154, compare “Ec.” 1026, “Ra.” 775 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δημηγόρους εὐπιθεῖς σ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 623. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 in Music, twist or turn, κατακάμπτειν τὰς σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 68. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 winding up of a winch, [[ “CPHerm.” p.79 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__5 turning of a road, τὸν νεκρὸν.. ἐν ταῖς σ. μὴ καττιθέντων μηδαμεῖ [[ “Schwyzer” 323 C 33 (Delph., 4th c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__6 metaphorically, (στρέφω [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 111)] Refs 5th c.BC+] occupation, concern, περί τι [[ 5th c.AD: Hermias Alexandrinus Philosophus “in Platonis Phaedrum scholia” p.67 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus ] Refs 4th c.BC+]