Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • οἱ δαημονέστατοι τῶν ἐξελιγμῶν τε καὶ ἐπιστροφῶν, ἐσ ἄλλουσ καὶ ἄλλουσ κύκλουσ ἢ ἄλλασ καὶ ἐπιστροφῶν, ἐσ ἄλλουσ καὶ ἄλλουσ κύκλουσ ἢ ἄλλασ καὶ ἄλλασ ἐπ̓ εὐθὺ ἐκδρομὰσ ἐπιλέγονται, τὸ δὲ πλῆθοσ οὐδὲν ἄλλο μεμελέτηκεν, ὅτι μὴ ἕπεσθαι τῷ οἰκείῳ ἕκαστοι σημείῳ. (Arrian, chapter 35 9:1)
  • Ὡσ δὲ οὐ πόρρω τῶν ξυμβολῶν ἦσαν, ἐνταῦθα δὴ οἱ κυβερνῆται παραγγέλλουσιν ὡσ βιαιοτάτῃ εἰρεσίᾳ χρωμένουσ ἐξελαύνειν ἐκ τῶν στενῶν, τοῦ μὴ ἐμπιπτούσασ τὰσ ναῦσ ἐσ τὰσ δίνασ ἀναστρέφεσθαι πρὸσ αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ κρατεῖν γὰρ τῇ εἰρεσίᾳ τῶν ἐπιστροφῶν τοῦ ὕδατοσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 5 1:1)

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.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION