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ὑποστρέφω ,
A.turn round about or back, “ἵππους” Il.5.581, cf. 505; “πάλιν ὑ. βίοτον εἰς Ἅιδαν” E.HF736 (lyr.); ὁ κισσὸς . . Βακχίαν ὑποστρέφων ἅμιλλαν bringing back the Bacchic struggle, i. e. the swift and eager dance, S.Tr.220 (lyr., s. v.l.).
2. roll up, Arist.Pr. 895b10 (Pass.).
3. Pass., revolve beneath, τινι Arat.73: c. acc., Id.512 (better γαῖαν ὕπο ς.).
II. intr., turn about, esp. of persons flying or retreating, Il.12.71, Hdt.7.211,9.14, Th.3.24; “φύγαδ᾽ αὖτις ὑ.” Il.11.446; “δεῦρ᾽ ὑ. πάλιν” E.Alc.1019; “τοὔμπαλιν ὑ.” X.An.6.6.38; “πάλιν ὑποστρέψαντα φεύγειν” Antipho 2.4.5:—Pass., “αὖτις ὑποστρεφθείς” Il.11.567, cf. Hdt.4.129; “-στρα^φείς” S.OT728.
2. generally, return, “αὖτις ὑ.” Od.8.301, cf. Hdt.4.120,124, al.; ἐπὶ ζήτησιν ib.140; “εἰς τὰς πατρίδας τὰς ἰδίας” PGiss.40 ii 8 (iii A. D.), cf. PFlor.247.10 (iii A. D.); in fut. Med., “οὐ μὲν γάρ τί σ᾽ ὑποστρέψεσθαι ὀΐω” Od.18.23; of a disease, return, recur, Hp.Epid.1.3, Gal.15.751.
3. turn away, and so elude an attack, E.IA363 (troch.), X.An.2.1.18: metaph. in Med., c. inf., refuse, τὸν ἀΐδιον ἐπιγινώσκειν Θεὸν ὑπεστρέφοντο (sc. οἱ Βλέμυες) PMasp.4.9 (vi A. D.).
4. “ὑποστρέψαντες” reversely, Ar.Av. 1283.
5. retract the accent, A.D.Synt.308.8.
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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