- ἀποστροφή
- ἀπο-στροφή, ἡ,A turning back, X.Eq.9.6;
ἀ. νώτων Max.
Tyr.9.8; ἀ. λαμβάνειν make a bend, of a stream, Plu.Luc.27, cf. Luc.Hipp.2.2 twisting, ὄρχεων ἀποστροφαί Trag.(Satyr.) Oxy. 1083.10.II turning away from, escape, refuge, c. gen., τύχης, κακῶν, A.Pr.769, E.Fr.444;ζημίας Id.Med.1223
.2 resort, recourse, Hdt.8.109, Th.4.76;ἥκει βίου τελευτὴ κοὐκέτ' ἔστ' ἀ. S.OC 1473
, cf. E.Med.603;οὐκ ἔχων ἀ. D.4.8
, cf. Hyp.Dem.Fr.5; in pl., Antip.Stoic.3.255: c. gen. objecti, οὔ σφί ἐστι ὕδατος οὐδεμία ἄλλη ἀ. no other means for getting water, Hdt.2.13; soσωτηρίας ἀ. Th.8.75
;βίου Luc.DMeretr.6.1
; ἀ. τοῦ δήμου ποιεῖσθαι secure a refuge with . ., Philostr.VS2.1.4.III Rhet., apostrophe, when one turns away from all others to one, and addresses him specially, Phld.Lib.p.11O., Quint.Inst.9.2.38, Longin.16.2, Hermog.Inv.4.4, Id.1.10(pl.), Phoeb. Fig.1.1, Alex.Fig.1.20.IV aversion, Plot.1.1.1; opp. ἐπιθυμία, Simp. in de An.15.36;γευμάτων Aret.SD2.6
;σιτίων Gal.11.261
;ὀσμῆς Gp.12.39.8
.V diversion, amusement, Plu.2.133b(pl.).VI elision, A.D.Pron.46.1(ubi leg. [pron. full] ε ¯ ).VII = προδοσία, Hsch.
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