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ἐπιστρεφής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιστρεφής ἐπιστρεφές

Structure: ἐπιστρεφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pistre/fw

Sense

  1. turning one's eyes or mind, attentive
  2. earnest, vehement, earnestly, sharply

Examples

  • καὶ ἐπιστρέψω πάντα τὸν λαὸν πρόσ σε, ὃν τρόπον ἐπιστρέφει ἡ νύμφη πρὸσ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆσ. πλὴν ψυχὴν ἀνδρὸσ ἑνὸσ σὺ ζητεῖσ καὶ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ ἔσται εἰρήνη. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 17:3)
  • αὐτὸσ ἀνατέλλων ἐκεῖ πορεύεται πρὸσ νότον καὶ κυκλοῖ πρὸσ βορρᾶν. κυκλοῖ κυκλῶν, πορεύεται τὸ πνεῦμα, καὶ ἐπὶ κύκλουσ αὐτοῦ ἐπιστρέφει τὸ πνεῦμα. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 1:6)
  • ἐπιστρέφει γοῦν ἑαυτὸν καὶ περιάγει καὶ ἐμπομπεύει τῷ κάλλει· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 11:2)
  • εἶτα ἐκ τοῦ κόλπου προκομίσασα ῥόμβου ἐπιστρέφει ἐπῳδήν τινα λέγουσα ἐπιτρόχῳ τῇ γλώττῃ, βαρβαρικὰ καὶ φρικώδη ὀνόματα. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 5:3)
  • μόνιμοσ ἦν καὶ ἀκίνητοσ, ἐγγενόμενοσ δὲ τῇ ψυχῇ καὶ κρατήσασ εἰσ ἑαυτὸν ἐπιστρέφει καὶ συμπεραίνει τὴν ἐγκύκλιον φοράν, περὶ τὸ μένον ἀεὶ μάλιστα ψαύουσαν τοῦ ὄντοσ. (Plutarch, Compendium libri de animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 5 4:1)

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

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