Bible Lexicons

ἐπιστροφ-ή, ἡ,

I

1. turning about, τῆς τοῦ ἀτράκτου δίνης Pl. R. 620e; twisting, Thphr. HP 3.13.3; of strands, Ph. Bel. 58.15; τῶν σχοινίων Plu. Alex. 25 (pl.); ἡ εἴσω ἐ. τῶν δακτύλων Philostr. Im. 1.23.

2.. bending of a bow, Str. 2.5.22.

3.. curve, winding of a bay, ib. 33; of a river, Ptol. Alm. 8.1.

II.

1. intr., turning or wheeling about, δαΐων ἀνδρῶν ἐπιστροφαί, i.e. hostile men turning to bay, S. OC 1045 (lyr.); tossing, of a restless patient, Hp. Epid. 7.83 (pl.); μυρίων ἐπιστροφαὶ κακῶν renewed assaults of ills unnumbered, S. OC 537 (lyr.), cf. Arr. An. 7.17.5; esp.in military evolutions, Plb. 10.23.3, Plu. Phil. 7; wheeling through a right angle, Ascl. Tact. 10.4, etc. (but, as a general term, αἱ ἐ. τῶν ἵππων ib.7.2, cf. Arr. Tact. 16.7); of ships, putting about, tacking, Th. 2.90, 91; ἐξ ἐπιστροφῆς by a sudden wheel, Plb. 1.76.5, Plu. Tim. 27; but ἐξ ἐπιστροφῆς παθεῖν to have a relapse, Hp. Coac. 251.

2.. turn of affairs, reaction, counter-revolution, μή τις ἐ. γένηται Th. 3.71; result, end, Plb. 21.32.15 (dub.l.).

3.. attention paid to a person or thing (ἐπιστρέφω 11.3), ξενοτίμους δωμάτων ἐ. respect for guests, A. Eu. 548; πρὸ τοῦ θανόντος τήνδ' ἔθεσθ' ἐ. S. OT 134; ὧν ἐ. τις ἦν to whom any regard was due, E. IT 671; so ἐπιστροφῆς ἄξιον X. HG 5.2.9; παραμυθέεσθαι μετ' ἐπιστροφῆς καὶ ὑποδέξιος Hp. Decent. 16; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Philipp. ap. D. 12.1, cf. 19.306, etc.; ἐ. ἔχειν τινός Men. 836; περί τινος Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.187, etc.; ἐπιστροφῆς τυγχάνειν Plb. 4.4.4, etc.. Philos., turning towards, πρὸς τὰ τῇδε Plot. 4.3.4; ψυχὴ καταδεῖται πρὸς τὸ σῶμα τῇ ἐ. τῇ πρὸς τὰ πάθη τὰ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ Porph. Sent. 7.

4.. moving up and down in a place, mostly in pl., πατρῴων δωμάτων ἐπιστροφαί the range of them, A. Th. 648; οἷσιν οὐκ ἐπιστροφαί men who have no business here, E. Hel. 440; βούνομοι ἐ. haunts of the grazing herds, A. Fr. 249; so Κίλιξ δὲ χώρα καὶ Σύρων ἐπιστροφαί (cj. for Σηρῶν ἐνστροφαί) ib. 271.

5. intentness, vehemence, ἐπιστροφὴν εἶχεν ὁ λόγος καὶ ἔρρωτο Philostr. VS 1.21.5; θρασυτέρᾳ τῇ ἐ. χρήσασθαι ib. 2.5.2. gravity of deportment, ἡ ἐ. τοῦ εἴδους Id. Im. 2.16.

6. correction, reproof, Plu. 2.55b.

7. conversion, Acts 15:3; ἡ πρὸς θεὸν ἐ. Hierocl. in CA 24p.473M.

8. in Philos., return to the source of Being, Plot. 1.2.4; ἡ ἐ. πρὸς αὑτόν Id. 5.3.6, cf. Procl. Inst. 31; [ ἡ ἐ. ] τοῦ προελθόντος ἐπάνοδος εἰς τὸ γεννῆσαν Dam. Pr. 75; ἡ ἐ. τῆς ἐκστάσεώς ἐστιν ἐπανόρθωσις ib. 61.

9. in Logic, conversion of a proposition, ἡ σὺν ἀντιθέσει ἐ. the contraposition, Suppl.ad Procl. in Prm. p.1004S.