ἀναστρέφω

anastrepho

turn upside down

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

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Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 10 1242a1–1243b38

1242b7
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 1103a14–1103b25

1103b20
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 37 620b10–622b18

621b34
Mechanica 1
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Chapter 20 853b25–854a15

854a10
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 157 846a25–27

846a26
Politics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 14 1297b35–1299a2

1298b38
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15

1385a9

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναστρέφω, poet. ἀνστρέφω, pf. ἀνέστροφα v.l. in Theognet. 1.8, 3pl. ἀνέστροφαν Cerc. Fr. 17.30:—A. turn upside down, μήπως . . δίφρους ἀνστρέψειαν might upset them, Il. 23.436; ὁ θεὸς πάντʼ ἀ. πάλιν E. Supp. 331; ἀ. γένος Ar. Av. 1240; τὴν ζοήν Cerc.l.c.; ἀ. καρδίαν upset the stomach, i.e. cause sickness, Th. 2.49; reverse, A. Pers. 333, Ar. Pl. 779:—Pass., fut. ἀναστραφήσεσθαι τὰ τῆς Ἑλλάδος πράγματα Isoc. 5.64: pf. ἀνεστράφθαι τῆς πολιτείας Id. 6.66 codd.; ὄρος ἀνεστραμμένον ἐν τῇ ζητήσει turned up by digging, Hdt. 6.47, cf. X. Oec. 16.12. 2. invert order of words or statements, Demetr. Eloc. 11, al., Hermog. Id. 1.11:—also in Pass., with ref. to ἐπαναστροφή (q. v.), ib.12. 3. = ἀρνεῖσθαι, S. Fr. 1012. II. turn back, Com.Adesp. 22.73D.; bring back, τινὰ ἐξ Ἅιδου S. Ph. 449, cf. E. Hipp. 1228; ἀ. δίκην τινί Id. Ba. 793; ὄμμʼ ἀ. κύκλῳ to roll it about, Id. Hel. 1557. 2. intr., turn back, retire, Hdt. 1.80, etc.; esp. in part., ἀναστρέψας ἀπήλαυνεν X An. 1.4.5, etc.; but also, rally, of troops, Th. 4.43, X. HG 6.2.21, cf. B.ΙΙΙ.1:—ἀναστρέφον, τό, v. ἀνακυκλικός. III. in Gramm., write with anastrophe, as πέρι for περί, Hdn.Gr.2.52,66:—Pass., 1.481, al. 2. Math., ἀναστρέψαντι convertendo, Euc. 5.19Cor.; so in Logic, οἱ ἀντιστρέφοντες οὐχ οἱ ἀναστρέφοντες ἀλλήλοις λόγοι συναληθεύονται Gal. 11.465. B. Pass., v. supr. A.1. II. dwell in a place, ἀλλά τινʼ ἄλλην γαῖαν ἀναστρέφομαι go to a place and dwell there, Od. 13.326, cf. Call. Lav.Pall. 76, Aet. 1.1.6 (so ἀναστρέφειν πόδα ἐν γῇ E. Hipp. 1176); ἀναστρέφεσθαι ἐν Ἀργει Id. Tr. 993; ἐν φανερῷ, ἐν μέσῳ, go about in public, X. HG 6.4.16, Pl. R. 558a; ἀ. ταύτῃ Th. 8.94; ἐν εὐφροσύναις X. Ag. 9.4; ἐν τοῖς ἤθεσι Pl. Lg. 865e; ἀ. ἐν ξυμμαχίᾳ continue in an alliance, X. HG 7.3.2; ἀ. ἐν γεωργίᾳ to be engaged in . ., Id. Oec. 5.13; ἐπὶ κυνηγεσίαις Plb. 32.15.9; ἀ. ἔν τινι dwell upon, in writing, Apollon. Cit.2: generally, conduct oneself, behave, ὡς δεσπότης X. An. 2.5.14; οὑτωσί Arist. EN 1103b20; θρασέως, ἀχαρίστως καὶ ἀσεβῶς εἴς τινα, Plb. 1.9.7, 23.17.10; ἐν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς ὁσίως IG 12(7).233 (Amorgos); ὡς τὰ παιδία Epict. Ench. 29.3; πῶς δεῖ ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ ἀ. 1 Ep.Ti. 3.15. 2. revolve, like the sun in the heavens, X. Mem. 4.3.8. III. of soldiers, face about, rally, Id. An. 1.10.12, HG 6.2.20, etc. 2. to be reversed or inverted, ἐμοὶ τοῦτʼ ἀνέστραπται Id. Hier. 4.5, cf. Cyr. 8.8.13, Arist. Mech. 854a10. 3. return, Pl. Plt. 271a; retreat, Arist. HA 621b34.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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