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στροφ-ή , ἡ,
A.turning, e.g. of a horse, X.Eq.7.15,17, 10.15; revolving, circling, “ἄρκτου στροφαί” S.Fr.432.11; τοῦ σώματος (sc. τῆς σελήνης) Epicur.Ep.2p.41U.; “ὡρῶν” Pl.Lg.782a; of a snake, Arist.PA692a6; ἐν στροφαῖσιν ὀμμάτων with rolling of the eyes, E.HF932.
2. twist, such as wrestlers make to elude their adversary, “πάσας στροφὰς στρέφεσθαι” Pl.R.405c: metaph., slippery trick, dodge, “οὐκ ἔργον ἔστ᾽ οὐδὲν στροφῶν” Ar.Pl.1154, cf. Ec.1026, Ra.775; δημηγόρους εὐπιθεῖς ς. A.Supp.623.
3. in Music, twist or turn, κατακάμπτειν τὰς ς. Ar.Th.68.
4. winding up of a winch, CPHerm.p.79 (iii A.D.).
5. turning of a road, “τὸν νεκρὸν . . ἐν ταῖς ς. μὴ καττιθέντων μηδαμεῖ” Schwyzer 323 C 33 (Delph., iv B.C.).
6. metaph., (“στρέφω” B. 111) occupation, concern, “περί τι” Herm.in Phdr. p.67 A.
II. turning of the Chorus: hence, the strain sung during this evolution, strophe (cf. ἀντίστροφος IV, “ἀντιστροφή” 1), Pherecr.145.9, Phld.Po.Herc.994 Fr.19, D.H.Comp.19, Ph.2.484, etc.
III. στροφαί: ἀστραπαί, Hsch. (v. στροπά).
IV. transmutation of metals, Zos.Alch.p.195 B.
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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