τρέπω , fut. τρέψω, aor. ἔτρεψα,
τρέψα, aor. 2 ἔτραπον,
τράπον, mid. aor. 1 part. τρεψάμενος, aor. 2 (ἐ）τραπόμην, pass. perf. τέτραμμαι, imp. τετράφθω,
part. τετραμμένος, plup. 3 pl. τετράφαθ̓, aor. inf. τραφθῆναι: turn, so as to alter the
direction more or less.—I. act., turn,
direct;
τὶ ἔς τι, πρός, παρά, κατά, ἀνά
τι, etc., pass., Il. 14.403;
of guiding or leading one to a place, Od. 4.294, Od.
9.315; turning missiles aside, horses to flight, Il. 5.187, Il.
8.157, and without ἵππους,
Il. 16.657; esp., of turning,
‘routing’ an enemy, Il.
15.261; metaph., νόον, θυ_μόν,
Il. 5.676.—With πάλιν, turn about or around,
ὄσσε, ‘avert’ the
eyes, Il. 13.3
; ἵππους, Il.
8.432; met., φρένας τινός,
Il. 6.61.—II. mid.,
intrans., turn oneself, with direction specified by
preposition or adv., as above; metaph., τραπέσθαι
ἐπὶ ἔργα, Γ 422, Od.
1.422; of motion to and fro (versari), τραφθῆναι ἀν᾽ Ἑλλάδα, ‘wander up and
down’ through Hellas, Od.
15.80; met., change, τρέπεται χρώς,
Il. 13.279;
τράπετο νοός, φρήν, κραδίη τέτραπτο,
Il. 17.546, Κ
45, Od. 4.260.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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