ἀντίστροφος
antistrophos
turned so as to face one another
Appears 15 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀντίστροφος, ον, A. turned so as to face one another: hence, correlative, co-ordinate, counterpart, Tht. 158c, etc.; τινί to a thing, Grg. 464b, R. 605a; ἡ ῥητορική ἐστιν ἀ. τῇ διαλεκτικῇ Rh. 1354a1, Pol. 1293a33, etc.; ἰατρικὴ ἀ. δικαιοσύνῃ 2.37 ; also τινός the correlative or counterpart of . ., R. 530d, Grg. 465d, 5.61, etc.; ἀ. . . ὥσπερ Pol. 1292b7. Adv. -φως in a manner corresponding, τινί R. 539d; ἡ γλῶττα ὥσπερ -φως ἔχουσα τῷ μυκτῆρι being the counterpart of . ., PA 661a27; συμβαίνει δʼ ἀντιστρόφως the result follows by a reversible proof, Ph. 265b8. 2. in Logic, converse, λόγος Rh. 1.179S. Adv. -φως Sign. 6: also in Math., converse, θεώρημα 970.20; τὰ ἀ. the converse proposition, Con. 4.55. Adv. -φως conversely, ib.1.38, 34.4. 3. contrary, opposed, τινός 4.87; πρός τι Merc.Cond. 31. Adv. -φως in the opposite way, Lib.p.31O., Ps.- Philopatr. 18. II. that can be retorted, Rh. 9.5 (as v.l., cf. ἀγχι-). III. ἐξ ἀντιστρόφου by an inverted construction (cf. ἀντιστροφή II.2), Fig. p.102S. IV. in lyrics, antistrophic, Pr. 918b27, etc.: esp. Subst. ἀντίστροφος (sc. ᾠδή), ἡ, antistrophe, Rh. 1409a26, D.H, Comp. 19, etc.; also of members in a rhet. period, ἐν στροφῇ καὶ ἀντιστρόφῳ Id. 1.11. V. f.l. for ἀμφίστροφος, wheeling both ways, Supp. 882 codd. VI. retorting a charge, Arc. 17. VII. ἀντίστροφος, ἡ, = ἀπόστροφος Sch. Pl. 3. 2. ἀντίστροφοι, name for the two upper ribs, 2.182. VIII. Adv. -φως crosswise, τὰς χεῖρας ἀλλήλαις ἐπιβάλλειν UP 5.14; inversely, ap. 10.5.4, cf. 3.30.
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