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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

  • πρὶν ἀρρωστῆσαί σε ταπεινώθητι καὶ ἐν καιρῷ ἁμαρτημάτων δεῖξον ἐπιστροφήν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 18:21)
  • κήρυγμά τε ποιησάμενοσ ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσιν, ὧν ἦρχε, μηδένα μηδὲν ὅπλον κεκτῆσθαι ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, εἰ δὲ μή, ἀποτείσειν ἀργύριον ὃ ἐπεκήρυξεν, ἠμέλει καὶ οὐδεμίαν ἐπιστροφὴν ἐποιεῖτο. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 109:1)
  • "μὴ γὰρ εἶναι πρὸσ λόγον, εἰ κύνεσ καὶ ὄνοι τοῦτο ποιοῦσι καὶ παιδάρια νήπια, μηδεμίαν ἐπιστροφὴν μηδ’ ἐπιλογισμὸν ἔχοντα περὶ τῶν τοιούτων. (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 22 2:3)
  • ἑωρῶντο γὰρ οἱ πολέμιοι κατασκευάζοντεσ ἱππεῦσι πολλοῖσ καὶ ψιλοῖσ ποδώκεσιν εἰσ ἐπιστροφὴν τὸ κέρασ εὐκαμπὲσ καὶ κοῦφον, ὡσ μακρὰν ἀνάξοντεσ καὶ κυκλωσόμενοι τοὺσ Ῥωμαίουσ. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 17 7:3)
  • ἐπαξίωσ γὰρ Φοῖβοσ, ἀξίωσ δὲ σὺ πρὸ τοῦ θανόντοσ τήνδ’ ἔθεσθ’ ἐπιστροφήν· (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 6:2)

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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