ἐπιστροφή

See also: επιστροφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐστρέφω (epistréphō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pis.tro.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /e.pis.troˈɸi/ → /e.pis.troˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pis.tro.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pis.troˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pis.troˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pis.troˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pis.troˈfi/

Noun

ἐπῐστροφή • (epistrophḗ) f (genitive ἐπῐστροφῆς); first declension

1. return, comeback
2. attention, concentration, heed
3. (philosophy) return to the source of Being
   • 204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 1.2.4
   • 204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 5.3.6, (compare Proclus, Elements of Theology 31):

     ἡ ἐπιστροφὴ πρὸς αὑτόν

     hē epistrophḕ pròs hautón

   For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ἐπιστροφή.

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐπῐστροφή; τῆς ἐπῐστροφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐστροφή hē epistrophḗ	τὼ ἐπῐστροφᾱ́ tṑ epistrophā́	αἱ ἐπῐστροφαί hai epistrophaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐστροφῆς tês epistrophês	τοῖν ἐπῐστροφαῖν toîn epistrophaîn	τῶν ἐπῐστροφῶν tôn epistrophôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐστροφῇ têi epistrophêi	τοῖν ἐπῐστροφαῖν toîn epistrophaîn	ταῖς ἐπῐστροφαῖς taîs epistrophaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐστροφήν tḕn epistrophḗn	τὼ ἐπῐστροφᾱ́ tṑ epistrophā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐστροφᾱ́ς tā̀s epistrophā́s
Vocative	ἐπῐστροφή epistrophḗ	ἐπῐστροφᾱ́ epistrophā́	ἐπῐστροφαί epistrophaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: επιστροφή (epistrofí)

Further reading

• “ἐπιστροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιστροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπιστροφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • attention idem, page 51.
  • care idem, page 113.
  • concentration idem, page 154.
  • heed idem, page 394.
  • note idem, page 562.
  • notice idem, page 562.
  • observance idem, page 567.
  • reaction idem, page 675.
  • regard idem, page 686.
  • revulsion idem, page 711.
  • tacking idem, page 851.
  • wheel idem, page 975.