ἐπιστρέφω

ἐπιστρέφω, pf. ἐπέστροφα Diog. (v. infr. Ι.2a):—Α. turn about, turn round, νῶτον Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.141; δεῦρʼ ἐ. κάρα E. Heracl. 942, cf. X. Cyn. 10.12; στροφεῖς HeroAut. 23.3; ἐ. τὰς ναῦς tack (cf. ἐπιστροφή II.1), Th. 2.90; also, put an enemy to flight, X. HG 6.4.9; wheel about, τοὺς ἱππεῖς Plu. Sull. 19; wheel through a right angle, Ascl. Tact. 10.5 (Act. and Pass.), etc.; intr., ib.12.11, etc. b. intr., turn about, turn round, ἕλκε δʼ ἐπιστρέψας Il. 3.370; here only in Hom., and perh. trans., whirl, but v. Hdt. 2.103, S. Tr. 566; ἀλλὰ πᾶς ἐπίστρεφε δεῦρο Ar. V. 422; of ships, put about, Plb. 1.47.8,50.5; of a wild boar, turn upon the hunter, ἐπί τινα X. Cyn. 10.15; return, ἀπὸ τῆς στρατείας Epist. Philipp. in IG 9(2).517.37 (Larissa), cf. Ev.Matt. 12.44, etc.; of an illness, recur, f.l. for ὑπο-, Hp. Coac. 124: as Hebraism, c. inf., as periphrasis of πάλιν, ἐπιστρέψει . . εὐφρανθῆναι LXXDe. 30.9, cf. 2 Es. 9.14, al.; so with καί and finite Verb, ἐπέστρεψεν καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ib.2 Ch. 33.3, cf. Ma. 1.4, al. 2. turn towards, νόημα Thgn. 1083; ἦθος κατά τινα Id. 213; ἐ. τινά turn his attention towards one, Luc. Tim. 11; τινὰ πρός τι, εἰς ἑαυτόν, Plu. 2.21c,69f, cf. Hdn. 5.3.8; οἱ τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐπεστροφότες ἐπὶ σοφίαν Diog. Ep. 34.1; ἐ. πίστιν press a pledge upon one, S. Tr. 1182; ἐ. τὴν φάλαγγα bring it into action, Plu. Ant. 42: hence, b. intr., turn (oneself) towards, X. Eq. 8.12, etc.; ἐ. εἰς or πρὸς ἑαυτόν, of νοῦς, reflect, Plot. 5.3.1, Procl. Inst. 15; τὸ ἐπιστρέφον βαθρικόν the steps leading to the sarcophagus, Judeich Altertümer von Hierapolis 152. 3. turn or convert from an error, correct, cause to repent, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 5, Plu. Alc. 16; πλημμελοῦντας Id. Cat.Mi. 14; warn, Philostr. VS 1.7.1; coerce, Cod.Just. 4.20.15.1. b. Pass., to be converted, return, ἐπὶ Κύριον LXXDe. 30.2; intr., repent, ib.Ju. 5.19, al., Ev.Matt. 13.15,Ev.Luc. 22.32, etc. c. Philos., cause to return to the source of Being, τινὰς εἰς τὰ ἐναντία καὶ τὰ πρῶτα Plot. 5.1.1; τι πρὸς τἀγαθόν Procl. Inst. 144:—Pass., Plot. 1.2.4, 5.2.1; τὸ προϊὸν ἀπό τινος -στρέφεται πρὸς ἐκεῖνο ἀφʼ οὗ πρόεισιν Procl. Inst. 31; πρὸς τὸ ἕν Dam. Pr. 27:—also intr. in Act., ἐ. εἰς ἑαυτόν Plot. 5.3.6; τὸ γεννηθὲν φύσει πρὸς τὸ γεννῆσαν ἐ. Porph. Sent. 13; οὐδὲν τῶν σωμάτων πρὸς ἑαυτὸ πέφυκεν ἐ. Procl. Inst. 15. 4. curve, twist, ὀδύνη σε περὶ τὰ σπλάγχνʼ ἔοικʼ ἐπιστρέφειν v.l. in Ar. Pl. 1131; ἐ. ἐπισκύνιον AP 11.376.8 (Agath.):—Pass., to be distorted, ἢν τράχηλος ἐπιστραφῇ Hp. Aph. 4.35; of hair, curl, οἷς ἐπέστραπται τὸ τρίχιον Arist. Pr. 963b10; ἐπεστραμμένος, of a tree, crooked, Thphr. HP 3.8.4; of fir-needles, bent, ib.3.9.6. II. Med. and Pass., esp. in aor. 2 Pass. ἐπεστράφην [ᾰ], also ἐπεστρέφθην Opp. C. 4.179: Dor. 3sg. fut. Pass. -στραφησεῖται GDI 3089.27 (Callatis):—turn oneself round, turn about, ἤϊε ἐπιστρεφόμενος constantly turning, as if to look behind one, Hdt. 3.156: and with acc., πολλὰ θάλαμον ἐξιοῦσʼ ἐπεστράφη turned to gaze on it, E. Alc. 187; so of a lion retreating, Arist. HA 629b15; διʼ οὗ πάσας ἐπιστρέφεσθαι τὰς περιφοράς by which all the revolving spheres are turned, Pl. R. 616c; δόξα τῇδʼ ἐπεστράφη thus turned about, changed, S. Ant. 1111. 2. go back-and forwards, πάντῃ h.Hom. 27.10; κατʼ ἄλσος A. Supp. 508: c.acc., γαῖαν ἐπιστρέφεται wanders over the earth, with collat. sense of observing, studying it, Hes. Th. 753, Thgn. 648; so ἐ. ὀρέων κορυφάς Anacr. 2.4: also c. acc. loci, turn to a place, πόθεν γῆς τῆσδʼ ἐπεστράφης πέδον; E. Hel. 83, cf. 89,768, Ion 352 (also εἰς χώρας X. Oec. 4.13): c.acc. cogn., [διεξόδους] ἐπιστρέφεσθαι walk in . . , Pl. Phdr. 247a; of the sun, revolve, D.P. 584. 3. turn the mind towards, pay attention to, regard (cf. ἐπιστροφή II.3), τινός Anacr. 96, S. Ph. 599, Phld. Lib.p.15 O., AP 5.47 (Rufin.); τῶν ἰδίων οὐδὲν ἐ. Thgn. 440; εἴς τι Alex.Aphr. in Sens. 57.18: abs., return to oneself, pay attention, ἐπιστραφείς Hdt. 1.88; οὐκ ἦλθες, . . οὐδʼ ἐπεστράφης E. Rh. 400; οὐκ ἐπεστράφη, = οὐκ ἐφρόντισε (just above), D. 23.136, cf. 10.9, AP 11.319 (Autom.). b. conduct oneself, behave, ἀξίως τᾶς τιμᾶς SIG 539A 22 (Decr. Amphict., iii B.C.). 4. c.acc., θεοῦ νιν κέλευσμʼ ἐπεστράφη turned against her, E. Andr. 101 (lyr.). 5. pf.part. Pass. ἐπεστραμμένος, = ἐπιστρεφής, earnest, vehement, λέγειν ἐπεστραμμένα Hdt. 8.62; ἀφέλεια -στραμμένη Philostr. VS 1.7.1.