Προστρέπεσθαι

to turn to, to supplicate

Translated by William Hutton8 Sep 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

8 words

[Meaning] to avert, to turn upon one's self.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προστρέπεσθαι· ἀποπέμπεσθαι, τρέπεσθαι ἐφ' ἑαυτοῦ.

Betacode

*prostre/pesqai: a)pope/mpesqai, tre/pesqai e)f' e(autou=.

= Photius pi1372 Theodoridis; and cf. a scholion on prostrepome/nou in Plato, Laws 9.866B. Outside lexica and grammars, the headword (present middle infinitive of prostre/pw; cf. pi 2823) is attested only at Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris 372D.
The relevance of the first gloss probably comes from the ability of the headword to be used in the context of supplicating the gods to avert evil.

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