aor. I ejstrevfqhn , Ion. and Dor. ejstravfqhn : aor. 2 ejstravfhn :— to turn about or aside, turn, Hom ., etc. ; str. i{ppou" to turn or guide horses, Il.; str. savko" to sway the shield, Soph.
II. a[nw kai; kavtw str . to turn upside down, Aesch. , Plat. ; so, kavtw str . Soph. ; so, strevfein alone, to overturn, upset, Eur.
III.
to twist
a rope,
Xen.
2.
metaph.
of pain,
to twist, torture,
Ar
.,
Plat.
IV.
to twist, plait,
ejstrammevna
Xen
.:
to spin,
Luc.
V.
metaph.
to turn
a thing
over
in ones mind,
tiv strevfw tavde
;
Eur.
,
Dem.
VI.
to turn from the right course, divert, embezzle,
Lys.
B.
Pass.
and
Med.
to turn oneself, to turn round
or
about, turn to and fro,
Il.;
e[nqa kai; e[nqa strevfesqai
, of one
tossing
in bed, Ib.
2.
to turn to
or
from
an object,
to turn back, return,
Ib.,
Soph.
;
strafevnte" e[feugon
Xen.
3.
of the heavenly bodies,
to revolve,
Od.; of the distaff,
Plat.
II.
to twist about,
like a wrestler trying to elude his adversary; so, in argument,
to twist and turn, shuffle,
tiv tau`ta strevfei
; why
d’ye shuffle
so?
Ar.
;
tiv dh`ta e[cwn strevfei
; why then
do you
keep shuffling,
Plat.
;
pavsa" strofa;" strevfesqai
to twist
every way, Id.
2. to turn and change, Soph .; tou` de; sou` yovfou oujk a]n strafeivhn I would not turn for any noise of thine, Id.
III. to twist oneself up with a thing, stick close to it, Od.:—then, like Lat. versari , to be always engaged, Plat.
2.
generally,
to be at large, go about
Soph.
3.
ejstrammevno", h, on
, of places,
ejstr. ejpi; tovpon
turned
towards,
Polyb.
C.
in strict
Med.
sense,
to turn about with oneself, take back,
Soph.
D.
intr.
in
Act.
, like
Pass.
to turn about,
Il.; of soldiers,
to wheel about,
Xen.
strevyaskon
strevyaskon , Ep. impf. of strevfw .
streyodikevw
streyo-diØkevw , f. hvsw , ( divkh ) to twist justice, Ar.
streyodikopanourgiva
streyo-diØko-pa±nourgiva , hJ , cunning in the perversion of justice, Ar.
strhnhv"
strhnhv" , ev" , strong, hard, rough, harsh: neut. as Adv. , Anth. (Deriv. uncertain.) Hence strhniavw
strhniavw
strhniavw , f. avsw , to run riot, wax wanton, N.T.
strh`no"
strh`no" , oJ, eo", tov , ( strhnhv" ) wantonness, N.T.
stribilikivgx
striØbiØliØkivgx , Comic word, oujdÆ a]n stribilikivgx not the least, not a fraction, Ar.
strobevw
strobevw , f. -hvsw , ( strovbo" ) to twist, twirl or whirl about, Ar .: —metaph. to make dizzy, distract,