ἀντιστρέφω
antistrepho
turn to the opposite side
Appears 245 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀντιστρέφω, pf. -έστροφα, A. turn to the opposite side:—Pass., to be turned in the opposite direction, μόχλος ἀντεστραμμένος reversed lever, Bel. 59.25; turn and look at, 1.4: also c. acc., οὐδʼ ἀ. ὃ λέγουσιν cast a glance at, Rh. 1.245S. Adv. ἀντεστραμμένως IA 712a4. 2. intr., wheel about, face about, Ages. 1.16. II. retort an argument, τοὺς λόγους Top. 163a30, cf. APr. 59b1; αἰτίας Pers. 1.16. III. correspond, ἀλλήλοις in Tht. 19.47. IV. in Logic, to be convertible, Cat. 14b11, al.; τὰ γένη κατὰ τῶν εἰδῶν κατηγοπεῖται, τὰ δὲ εἴδη κατὰ τῶν γενῶν οὐκ ἀντιστπέφει are not conversely predicable of genera, ib. 2b21: impers., ἀντιστρέφει the relation is reciprocal, GC 337b23, cf. de An. 423a21, Pr. 883b8; περὶ ἀντιστπεφόντων λόγων καὶ συνημμένων complementary propositions, title of work by Chrysipp.: so of metaphors, Fig.p.228S. 2. most freq. in the doctrine of syllogism, of reduction by conversion of one of the premisses, APr. 50b25; either of the terms, τὸ Β τῷ Α ἀντιστρέφει the term B is convertible with A, ib.67b30,al.; τὸ Γ πρὸς τὸ Α ἀ. ib.38; ἀ. τὸ καθόλου τῷ κατὰ μέρος ib.31a27, al.; or of the propositions, ib.25a8, al.; ἀ. καθόλου to be simply convertible, ib.28; ἀ. ἐπὶ μέρους, ἐν μέρει, κατὰ μέρος, ib.39a15, 25a8,10. 3. in Pass., of propositions, to be converted or changed into their opposites, APr. 45b6, APo. 80b25, al. 4. to be interdependent, have a reciprocal nexus, τὰ μὲν οὖν ἀ. . . καὶ ποιητικὰ ἀλλήλων καὶ παθητικὰ ὑπʼ ἀλλήλων GC 328a19: hence of cyclical argument, ἐν μόνοις τοῖς ἀ. κύκλῳ καὶ διʼ ἀλλήλων (sc. αἱ ἀποδείξεις) APr. 58a13, cf. APo. 95b40, GC 337b23. 5. generally, to be suited conversely for one or another purpose, ὁ τόπος ἀντιστπέφει πρὸς τὸ ἀνασκευάζειν καὶ κατασκευάζειν Top. 109b25; ἀ. πρὸς ἄμφω ib.112a27,al. V. pf. part. Pass., conversely opposed, of concavities, facing one another, ἀντεστραμμένα πρὸς ἄλληλα HA 498a8; but, back to back, 6.32.6. 2. in Logic, converted, συλλογισμὸς -μμένος APr. 44a31; πρότασις ib.58a1; ἀ. τῇ πάχνῃ ὁ εὐρώς its converse, GA 784b16; ἡ ἀ. πρόσθεσις Ph. 207a23. 3. Adv. ἀντεστραμμένως inversely, ib.206b5; conversely, PA684b35, IA 712a4, al.; in Logic, opposedly, Int. 22a34. VI. of lyrics, possess strophe and antistrophe, 1.29, Sch. Ach. 1037, Sch. p.167C. VII. of grammatical construction, to be inverted, Synt. 180.16,al.
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