στροφάς
strophas
turning round, revolving, circling
Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
στροφάς, άδος, ὁ, ἡ, (στρέφω) A. turning round, revolving, circling, of the constellations, ἄρκτου στροφάδες κέλευθοι the Bearʼs circling paths, Tr. 131 (lyr.), cf. 594; στροφάδεσσιν ἀέλλαις whirl-winds, A. 677; of cranes on their return, 1032; of fish, στροφάδες παρὰ πέτρην ap. 7.319b; of worms, II. Στροφάδες (sc. νῆσοι), αἱ, the Drifting Isles, a group not far from Zacynthus, supposed to have been once floating, 1.9.21, 8.4.2,
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