ἀγχί-στροφος,
ον,
A). turning closely, quick-swooping, ἰκτῖνος Thgn. 1261 .
2). quick-changing, changeable,
ἀγχίστροφα βουλεύεσθαι Hdt. 7.13 ;
ἀ. μεταβολή sudden change,
Th. 2.53 ;
ἀστάθμητον πρᾶγμα εὐτυχία καὶ ἀ. D.H. 4.23 :—Rhet.,
τὸ ἀ. rapidity of transition,
Longin. 27.3 ;
ἁρμονία ἀ. περὶ τὰς πτώσεις a style
flexible in the use of the cases,
D.H. Comp. 22 . Adv.
-φως Longin. 22.1 .