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v. trans.P. and V. ἀναστρέφειν.Be a reversed: P. περιίστασθαι.They entirely reversed this policy: P. οἱ δὲ ταῦτα πάντα εἰς τοὐναντίον ἔπραξαν (Thuc. 2, 65).——————subs.Something contrary: P. and V. τοὐναντίον (or pl.), τοὔμπαλιν.Quite the reverse of this: P. πολὺ τοὐναντίον τούτου.Things small and just and the reverse: V. καὶ σμικρὰ καὶ δίκαια καὶ τἀναντία (Soph., Ant. 667).Defeat: P. and V. σφάλμα, τό, P. ἦσσα, ἡ, ἀτύχημα, τό, πταῖσμα, τό.Suffer a reverse, v.: P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι, σφάλλεσθαι, P. προσκρούειν (Dem. 312).Since you have suffered a reverse of fortune: V. ἐπειδὴ περιπετεῖς ἔχεις τύχας (Eur., And. 982).——————adj.Contrary: P. and V. ἐναντίος.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Reverse
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