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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

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

  • περισπασμὸσ δὲ καλεῖται ἡ ἐκ δυοῖν ἐπιστροφαῖν τοῦ τάγματοσ κίνησισ, ὡσ μεταλαβεῖν τὸν ὀπίσω τόπον· (Arrian, chapter 21 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. a turning about

  2. attention paid to

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

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