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ἐπιστροφή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιστροφή

Structure: ἐπιστροφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: e)pistre/fw

Sense

  1. a turning about, twisting
  2. a turning or wheeling about, turning to bay, renewed assaults, a putting about, tacking
  3. a turn, reaction
  4. attention paid to, regard
  5. a moving up and down in, occupation

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐπιστροφή ἐπιστροφᾱ́ ἐπιστροφαί
Genitive ἐπιστροφῆς ἐπιστροφαῖν ἐπιστροφῶν
Dative ἐπιστροφῇ ἐπιστροφαῖν ἐπιστροφαῖς
Accusative ἐπιστροφήν ἐπιστροφᾱ́ ἐπιστροφᾱ́ς
Vocative ἐπιστροφή ἐπιστροφᾱ́ ἐπιστροφαί

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

  • καὶ οὕτω ποικίλαι μὲν αἱ ἐπιστροφαί, πολυειδεῖσ δὲ οἱ ἐξελιγμοί, πολύτροποι δὲ ἄλλῃ καὶ ἄλλῃ αἱ ἐπελάσεισ γιγνόμεναι ἀσυγχύτουσ ὅμωσ τὰσ τάξεισ παρέχονται. (Arrian, chapter 35 10:1)
  • Σπερχειὲ ποταμὲ βουνόμοι τ’ ἐπιστροφαί. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, trochees 1:6)
  • ἢ κατθανῇ Ἕλλην πεφυκώσ, οἷσιν οὐκ ἐπιστροφαί. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 3:3)
  • ἰὼ δῆτα μυρίων γ’ ἐπιστροφαὶ κακῶν. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, strophe 23)
  • εἰήν ὅθι δαί̈ων ἀνδρῶν τάχ’ ἐπιστροφαὶ τὸν χαλκοβόαν Ἄρη μείξουσιν, ἢ πρὸσ Πυθίαισ ἢ λαμπάσιν ἀκταῖσ, οὗ πότνιαι σεμνὰ τιθηνοῦνται τέλη θνατοῖσιν, ὧν καὶ χρυσέα κλῂσ ἐπὶ γλώσσᾳ βέβακε προσπόλων Εὐμολπιδᾶν· (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, strophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. a turning about

  2. attention paid to

Similar forms

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

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