ἐπιστρέφω

ἐπι-στρέφω, pf. ἐπέστροφα Diog. (v. infr. Ι.2a):—

• turn about, turn round, νῶτον Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.141; δεῦρʼ ἐ. κάρα E. Heracl. 942, cf. X. Cyn. 10.12; στροφεῖς Hero Aut. 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 LXX De. 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. Aud.poet. 2.21c, Adul. 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 LXX De. 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. 3 sg. 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.

ἐπιστρέφω, 1) hinkehren, hinwenden, ἕλκε δʼ ἐπιστρέψας μετʼ Ἀχαιούς Il. 3.370 ; δεῦρʼ, ἐπίστρεψον κάρα Eur. Heracl. 942 ; τὸ νόημα εἴς τι Theogn. 213 ; νῶτον ἐπιστρέψας Orac. bei Her. 7.141 ; Sp., τὰς ὄψεις εἰς ἑαυτόν Hdn. 5.3.15, die Blicke auf sich ziehen ; τινά, Jemandes Aufmerksamkeit erregen, τὸν Δία· Luc. Tim. 11 ; Philostr. – φάλαγγα, anrücken lassen, Plut. Ant. 42. – Uebertr., ὡς πρὸς τί πίστιν τήνδʼ ἄγαν ἐπιστρέφεις Soph. Tr. 1172, was dringst du darauf, forderst ?
2) umkehren, umwenden, ἐπιστρέψαντες τὰς ναῦς μετωπηδὸν ἔπλεον Thuc. 2.90 ; τὸ δεξιόν 5.10 ; zurückschlagen, Xen. Hell. 6.4.9 ; pass. sich umkehren, umsehen, πολλὰ θάλαμον ἐξιοῦσʼ ἐπεστράφη Eur. Alc. 187 ; Her. 1.88 ; Xen. Symp. 9.1 ; Sp., θεασάμενοι αὐτοὺς ἐπεστραμμένους καὶ τὰ νῶτα δεδωκότας Hdn. 7.11.18. – Uebertr., umwenden u. wieder auf den rechten Weg bringen, Einen zur Aenderung seines Sinnes bewegen, οἶδα οὐ πολλοὺς αὐτῶν ἐπιστρέψων Luc. conscr. hist. 5 ; ἐνίους τὸ λεχθὲν ἐπέστρεφεν Plut. Alc. 16.
3) intr., sich wohin wenden, ἅπας ἐπίστρεφε δεῦρο Ar. Vesp. 422, wo man etwa πόδα ergänzen kann ; vgl. Soph. Tr. 563, u. von Sp. Arist. H.A. 5.7 ; Pol. 1.71.2 ; oft im NT ; umkehren, ἐντεῦθεν ἐπιστρέψας ὀπίσω ἤϊε Her. 2.103.
Med. c. aor. pass. sich wohin wenden, λευρὸν κατʼ ἄλσος νῦν ἐπιστρέφου τόδε Aesch. Suppl. 503 ; γαῖαν ἐπιστρέφεται, wendet sich über die Erde hin, durchwandert sie, Hes. Th. 753 ; πάντη H.h. Dian. 10 ; τί Νείλου τάσδʼ ἐπιστρέφει γύας Eur. Hel. 89, was wendest du dich hin, gehst zu –, wie πόθεν γῆς τῆσδʼ ἐπεστράφης πέδον 83 ; Ion 352 ; vgl. ἃς διεξόδους θεῶν γόνος ἐπιστρέφεται, wandelt, Plat. Phaedr. 247a ; vgl. Xen. Oec. 4.13 ; oft übertr., ἐπειδὴ δόξα τῇδʼ ἐπεστράφη Soph. Ant. 1098, d.i. da sich meine Ansicht geändert, darauf gerichtet hat ; seinen Geist worauf hinwenden, Rücksicht nehmen, achten, Ἀτρεῖδαι τοῦδʼ – ἐπεστρέφοντο, auf diesen richteten sie ihre Aufmerksamkeit, Soph. Phil. 595 ; sp.D., τῆς λευκῆς καλάμης οὐδὲν ἐπιστρέφομαι Rufin. 36 (V.48); c. acc., Theogn. 440 ; in Prosa, οὐδὲ ἐφροντίσατε οὐδὲ ἐπεστράφητε ἐπʼ οὐδενὶ τούτων Dem. 10.9 ; absol., οὐκ ἐπεστράφη 23.136. – Das partic. perf. ἐπεστραμμένη λέγειν, nachdrücklich, ernst, Her. 8.62, wie σεμνότης ἐπεστραμμένη. S. ἐπιστρεφής. Aber τρίχιον ἐπεστραμμένον, gekräuseltes Haar, Arist. Probl. 33 E.

†ἐπιστρέφω

[ἐπι- 11.]

Aor. pple. ἐπιστρέψας.

Intrans. for reflexive, to turn oneself towards something: ἕλκεν ἐπιστρέψας Il. 3.370 (i.e. in pulling he turned partly round towards his friends).

ἐπιστρέφω , aor. part. ἐπιστρέψᾱς: turn towards, sc. μίν, Il. 3.370†.

ἐπιστρέφω fut. ψω

• • Ito turn about, turn round, Eur.; ἐπ. τὰς ναῦς to make a sudden tack, Thuc.; but also to put an enemy to flight, Xen.
  • • • bintr. to turn about, turn round, Il., Hdt., Attic:— to return, NTest.
    • 2to turn towards, τὸ νόημα Theogn.; πρός τι, εἴς τινα Plut.:— ἐπ. πίστιν to press a pledge upon one, Soph.
    • • bintr. to turn towards, Xen.
    • 3to turn from an error, to correct, make to repent, Luc.
    • • bintr. to repent, NTest.
    • 4to curve, twist, torment, Ar.
  • IIMid. and Pass., esp. in aor2 pass. ἐπεστράφην [ᾰ]:— to turn oneself round, turn about, ἐπιστρεφόμενος constantly turning, to look behind one, Hdt.; with acc., θάλαμον ἐπεστράφη turned to gaze on it, Eur.; δόξα ἐπεστράφη turned about, changed, Soph.
  • • 2to go back-and for-wards, wander over the earth, Hes.:—c. acc. loci, to turn to a place, Eur.
    • 3to turn the mind towards, to pay attention to, c. gen., Theogn., Soph.: —absol. to recover oneself, pay attention, Hdt., Dem.
    • 4c. acc. to visit, Eur.
    • 5part. perf. pass. ἐπεστραμμένος, ἐπιστρεφής, earnest, vehement, Hdt. Hence