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ἀναστροφή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀναστροφή

Structure: ἀναστροφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)nastre/fw

Sense

  1. a turning upside down, upsetting
  2. a turning back, return, a wheeling about
  3. a dwelling in, a mode of life, conversation
  4. the place where one tarries, an abode, haunt

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐὰν δέ ποτε αὖ ἢ φαλάγγων ἀντιτεταγμένων ἢ χωρίων ἑκατέροισ ὑπαρχόντων ἐν τῷ μέσῳ τοῖσ ἱππεῦσιν ἀναστροφαί τε καὶ διώξεισ καὶ ἀποχωρήσεισ γίγνωνται, εἰώθασι μὲν ὡσ τὰ πολλὰ ἐκ τῶν τοιούτων ὁρμᾶν μὲν ἐκ τῶν ἀναστροφῶν βραδέωσ ἀμφότεροι, τὸ δ’ ἐν μέσῳ τάχιστα ἐλαύνειν. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 8 28:1)
  • ἢν δέ τισ οὕτω προδείξασ ἔπειτα δ’ ἐκ τῶν ἀναστροφῶν ταχέωσ τε διώκῃ καὶ ταχέωσ ἀποχωρῇ, βλάπτειν τ’ ἂν μάλιστα τοὺσ πολεμίουσ δύναιτο καὶ ὡσ τὸ εἰκὸσ ἀσφαλέστατ’ ἂν διάγοι, ταχὺ μὲν διώκων ἐν ᾧ ἂν ἐγγὺσ ᾖ τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ ἰσχυροῦ, ταχὺ δὲ ἀποχωρῶν ἀπὸ τῶν τοῖσ πολεμίοισ ἰσχυρῶν. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 8 29:1)

Synonyms

  1. a turning back

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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