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περιτρέπω ,
2. turn upside down, upset, “χειμὼν π. τὴν ναῦνLuc.Cont.7; περιτραπεὶς Ὀδυσσεύς capsized, Plu.2.831d ; τῇ ῥύμῃ τοῦ ἵππου τινὰ π. Id.Marc.7 : metaph., [“ὕψος] περιέτρεψεν χρόνος τις φθόνοςTrag.Adesp.547.4 ; “π. θρόνους δικαστῶνLXX Wi.5.23 ; π. εἰς κακοτροφίαν pervert, Ath.Med. ap. Orib. inc.21.1 ; “μή τις . . βασκανία π. τὸν λόγονPl.Phd.95b ; refute, “π. σεαυτόνId.Ax.37oa, cf. Aps.p.278 H.:—Pass., “τὸ παράδειγμα περιτέτραπταιLuc.JTr.49; of a person, collapse in argument, Phld.Sign.29; refute oneself, D.L.3.35 ; “περιτρέπεται λόγοςDam.Pr.7.
3. turn away from, δούλι᾽ ἔργα καὶ δύην π. Semon.7.58 (nisi leg. περιτρέμει).
4. Pass., to be folded over, of skin, Gal.UP3.12.
II. intr. in aor. 2, turn or go round, “περὶ δ᾽ ἔτραπον ὧραιOd.10.469.
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    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 9.4.4
    • Lysias, Against Andocides, 13
    • Plato, Phaedo, 95b
    • Plato, Cratylus, 418b
    • Homer, Odyssey, 10.469
    • New Testament, Acts, 26.24
    • Plutarch, Marcellus, 7
    • Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, 49
    • Lucian, Contemplantes, 7
    • Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum, 15
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