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μετατρέπω , Aeol. πεδατρέπω Alc.Supp.28.10:—
A.overthrow, l.c.
2. turn back or away, μοῖραν -τρα^πεῖν (aor. 2 inf.) Pi.Fr.177; “μετὰ δ᾽ ὑμέας ἔτραπεν αἶσα” A.R.3.261; “οὐ μετέτρεψέ σε πρωτότοκος ἀποπνέων” LXX4 Ma.15.18.
3. change, “νόημα” AP9.114 (Parmen.):—Pass., ὁ γέλως ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος -τραπήτω v.l. in Ep.Jac.4.9; μετατραπεὶς τῇ διανοίᾳ Aristeas99 (μετατραπείς seems to be corrupt in Plu.2.154e).
II. Med., turn oneself round, turn round, θάμβησεν δ᾽ Ἀχιλεύς, μετὰ δ᾽ ἐτράπετ' Il.1.199, etc.
2. Med. with aor. 2 Pass. μετετράπην, look back to, care for, show regard for, c. gen., “Τρώων, τῶν οὔ τι μετατρέπῃ οὐδ᾽ ἀλεγίζεις” 1.160, cf.12.238; “σχέτλιος, οὐδὲ μετατρέπεται φιλότητος” 9.630: c. acc., “οὐ μετετράπη τὸν λογισμόν” LXX 4 Ma.7.12.—Not in Prose before Aristeas.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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