A.“ἀνέστροφαν” Cerc.Fr.17.30:—turn upside down, μήπως . . δίφρους ἀνστρέψειαν might upset them, Il.23.436; “ὁ θεὸς πάντ᾽ ἀ. πάλιν” E.Supp.331; “ἀ. γένος” Ar.Av.1240; τὴν ζοήν Cerc.l.c.; ἀ. καρδίαν upset the stomach, i.e. cause sickness, Th.2.49; reverse, A.Pers.333, Ar.Pl.779:—Pass., fut. “ἀναστραφήσεσθαι τὰ τῆς Ἑλλάδος πράγματα” Isoc.5.64: pf. “ἀνεστράφθαι τῆς πολιτείας” Id.6.66 codd.; ὄρος ἀνεστραμμένον ἐν τῇ ζητήσει turned up by digging, Hdt.6.47, cf. X.Oec. 16.12.
2. invert order of words or statements, Demetr.Eloc.11, al., Hermog.Id.1.11:—also in Pass., with ref. to ἐπαναστροφή (q. v.), ib.12.
II. turn back, Com.Adesp. 22.73D.; bring back, “τινὰ ἐξ Ἅιδου” S.Ph.449, cf. E.Hipp.1228; “ἀ. δίκην τινί” Id.Ba.793; ὄμμ᾽ ἀ. κύκλῳ to roll it about, Id.Hel.1557.
2. intr., turn back, retire, Hdt.1.80, etc.; esp. in part., ἀναστρέψας ἀπήλαυνεν X An.1.4.5, etc.; but also, rally, of troops, Th.4.43, X.HG6.2.21, cf. B.111.1:—ἀναστρέφον, τό, ϝ. ἀνακυκλικός.
2. Math., “ἀναστρέψαντι” convertendo, Euc.5.19Cor.; so in Logic, “οἱ ἀντιστρέφοντες οὐχ οἱ ἀναστρέφοντες ἀλλήλοις λόγοι συναληθεύονται” Gal.11.465.
B. Pass., v. supr. A.1.
II. dwell in a place, ἀλλά τιν᾽ ἄλλην γαῖαν ἀναστρέφομαι go to a place and dwell there, Od.13.326, cf. Call. Lav.Pall.76, Aet.1.1.6 (so “ἀναστρέφειν πόδα ἐν γῇ” E.Hipp.1176); “ἀναττρέφεσθαι ἐν Ἀ´ργει” Id.Tr.993; ἐν φανερῷ, ἐν μέσῳ, go about in public, X.HG6.4.16, Pl.R.558a; “ἀ. ταύτῃ” Th.8.94; “ἐν εὐφροσύναις” X.Ag.9.4; “ἐν τοῖς ἤθεσι” Pl.Lg.865e; ἀ. ἐν ξυμμαχίᾳ continue in an alliance, X.HG7.3.2; “ἀ. ἐν γεωργίᾳ” to be engaged in . ., Id.Oec.5.13; “ἐπὶ κυνηγεσίαις” Plb.32.15.9; ἀ. ἔν τινι dwell upon, in writing, Apollon. Cit.2: generally, conduct oneself, behave, “ὡς δεστότης” X.An.2.5.14; “οὑτωσί” Arist.EN1103b20; θρασέως, ἀχαρίστως καὶ ἀσεβῶς εἴς τινα, Plb.1.9.7, 23.17.10; “ἐν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς ὁσίως” IG12(7).233(Amorgos); “ὡς τὰ παιδία” Epict.Ench.29.3; “πῶς δεῖ ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ ἀ.” 1 Ep.Ti.3.15.
2. revolve, like the sun in the heavens, X.Mem.4.3.8.
III. of soldiers, face about, rally, Id.An.1.10.12, HG6.2.20, etc.
2. to be reversed or inverted, “ἐμοὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἀνέστραπται” Id.Hier.4.5, cf. Cyr.8.8.13, Arist. Mech.854a10.
3. return, Pl.Plt.271a; retreat, Arist.HA621b34.