A.turning or spinning round, “ὀστράκου” Pl.R.521c; ἄστρων περιστροφαί courses of the stars, S.Fr.432.8 ; “κόσμου” Euc. Phaen.p.8 M.; “τοῦ ἡλίου” Hld.1.18, etc. ; ἐν περιστροφῇ λαοῦ amidst them, LXXSi.50.5 : pl., contortions, Gal.15.126 ; whorls in hairgrowth, “δύο π. ἕξει ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ” Heph.Astr.1.1.
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