ἐπιστρέφω

A. ἐπέστροφα Diog. (v. infr. 1.2a):—turn about, turn round, νῶτον Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.141; δεῦρ’ ἐ. κάρα E. Heracl. 942, cf. X. Cyn. 10.12; στροφεῖς Hero Aut. 23.3; ἐ. τὰς ναῦς tack (cf. ἐπιστροφή 11.1), 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 δ’ 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. 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 Altertümervon 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 ἀφ’ 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 σπλάγχν’ ἔοικ’ 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 [α], 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 ἐξιοῦσ’ ἐπεστράφη turned to gaze on it, E. Alc. 187; so of a lion retreating, Arist. HA 629b15; δῑ οὗ πάσας ἐπιστρέφεσθαι τὰς περιφοράς by which all the revolving spheres are turned, Pl. R. 616c; δόξα τῇδ’ ἐπεστράφη thus turned about, changed, S. Ant. 1111.

2. . go back-and forwards, πάντῃ h.Hom. 27.10; κατ’ 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 τῆσδ’ 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 11.3), 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, . . οὐδ’ 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 539 A 22 (Decr. Amphict., iii B.C.).

4. . c.acc., θεοῦ νιν κέλευσμ’ 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.