ἀγχί-στροφος · anchi-strophos — LSJ
turning closely, quick-swooping
turning closely, quick-swooping, ἰκτῖνος Thgn. 1261.
2 quick-changing, changeable, sudden, rapidity of transition, flexible
quick-changing, changeable, ἀγχίστροφα βουλεύεσθαι Hdt. 7.13; ἀ. μεταβολή sudden change, Th. 2.53; ἀστάθμητον πρᾶγμα εὐτυχία καὶ ἀ. D.H. 4.23:—Rhet., τὸ ἀ. rapidity of transition, Longin. 27.3; ἁρμονία ἀ. περὶ τὰς πτώσεις a style flexible in the use of the cases, D.H. Comp. 22. Adv. -φως Longin. 22.1.