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ὑποστρέφω

upostrepho

turn round about

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Where it lives

Luke 21 · 10.89/10k
2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k
Acts 11 · 6.11/10k
Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 2 · 3.81/10k
Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Machabaeorum I 2 · 1.15/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὑποστρέφω · hypostrephō — LSJ

turn round about, back, bringing back

turn round about or back, ἵππους Il. 5.581, cf. 505; πάλιν ὑ. βίοτον εἰς Ἅιδαν E. HF 736 (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

roll up, Arist. Pr. 895b10 (Pass.).

3 revolve beneath

Pass., revolve beneath, τινι Arat. 73: c. acc., Id. 512 (better γαῖαν ὕπο σ.).

II turn about

intr., turn about, esp. of persons flying or retreating, Il. 12.71, Hdt. 7.211, 9.14, Th. 3.24; φύγαδʼ αὖτις ὑ. Il. 11.446; δεῦρʼ 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; -στρᾰφείς S. OT 728.

2 return, return, recur

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 σʼ ὑποστρέψεσθαι ὀΐω Od. 18.23; of a disease, return, recur, Hp. Epid. 1.3, Gal. 15.751.

3 turn away, elude, refuse

turn away, and so elude an attack, E. IA 363 (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 reversely

ὑποστρέψαντες reversely, Ar. Av. 1283.

5 retract the accent

retract the accent, A.D. Synt. 308.8.

In the wild

ὑποστρέψαντες · hypostrepsantes Aristophanes, Birds 1.1280 (DIORISIS sentence 951)
ὑποστρέφειν · hypostrephein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.8 (DIORISIS sentence 7641)
ὑποστρέψαι · hypostrepsai Epictetus, Discourses 3.21 (DIORISIS sentence 4769)
ὑποστρέφει · hypostrephei Euripides, Heracles 735–736
ὑποστρέψας · hypostrepsas Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis *mene/laos (DIORISIS sentence 154)
ὑποστρέφειν · hypostrephein Herodotus, Histories 4.120.4 (DIORISIS sentence 4827)

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