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ὑποστροφ-ή

upostrophe · ἡ

turning about, wheeling round

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What it meant

ὑποστροφ-ή · hypostroph-ē — LSJ

2 turning round, turning sharply round, wheeling right about

in the phrase ἐξ ὑποστροφῆς, of the chariot, turning round the meta at the far end of the δίαυλος, i.e. turning sharply round, S. El. 725: so in military sense, wheeling right about, Plb. 2.25.3, 3.14.5, D.H. 2.41, etc.

b on the contrary

on the contrary, Epist. Philipp. ap. D. 18.166.

3 return

return, J. AJ 2.14.3.

II recurrence, relapse

recurrence, relapse, ὀδυνημάτων Hp. Art. 50, cf. Prog. 22, Epid. 1.3, Gal. 6.815.

2 recurrence

Rhet., τὸ καθʼ ὑποστροφὴν σχῆμα recurrence to a subject, after a parenthesis, Hermog. Id. 2.1, cf. Aristid. Rh. 2p.514S.

3 throwing back

Gramm., throwing back of the accent, A.D. Synt. 134.18.

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