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ἀντιστροφή

a turning about

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ἀντιστροφή	noun sg fem voc attic epic ionic
ἀντιστροφή	noun sg fem nom attic epic ionic

ἀντιστροφ-ή , ἡ,

A. a turning about:

I. in choruses and dances, strophic correspondence,D.H.Comp.25; in later writers, = ἀντίστροφος, ἡ(q.v.), Sch.Ar.Nu.595,al.

II. Rhet., repetition of closing words in successive members, Phld.Rh.1.195 S., Hermog.Id.1.12, cf, 2.1,Eust.945.60; “ἀ. τὸ ἐναντίον τῆς ἐπαναφορᾶς”Alex.Fig.2.4.

2. inversion, of construction, e.g. ἠχῶν ἔπεσα for “πεσὼν ἤχησα” Phoeb. Fig.1.5.

3. Gramm., inversion of letters (e.g. ἀκήν, ἦκα),EM 424.8.

III. inversion, κατὰ τὴν ἀ. τῆς ἀναλογίας in inverse ratio, Arist.Ph.266b18:—in Logic, conversion of termsof a proposition, Id.APr.25a40; ἀ. δέχεσθαι to beconvertible, ib.50b32.

b. Math., “τῶν θεωρημάτων ἡ ἀ.” Procl.in Euc.p.251 F., cf. Apollon.Perg.Con.2.49;ἀ. προηγουμένη complete conversion,Procl.in Euc.p.253F.; “ἀ. ἀξιωμάτων”Stoic.2.64; generally, “κατ᾽ -φήν”conversely, Metrod.Herc. 831.14.

2. retortion of an argument, Arist.APr.61a22.

3. change of a proposition into its opposite,ib.38a3,39a28.