Liddell-Scott-Jones

στροφή (strophē) a shift and turn ^G:N-F

στροφή-ή, ἡ,

turning, e.g. of a horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; revolving, circling, ἄρκτου στροφήαί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ σώματος (i.e. τῆς σελήνης) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a snake, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν στροφήαῖσιν ὀμμάτων with rolling of the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 twist, such as wrestlers make to elude their adversary, πάσας στροφήὰς στρέφεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, slippery trick, dodge, οὐκ ἔργον ἔστ᾽ οὐδὲν στροφήῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δημηγόρους εὐπιθεῖς σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 in Music, twist or turn, κατακάμπτειν τὰς σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 winding up of a winch, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__5 turning of a road, τὸν νεκρὸν.. ἐν ταῖς σ. μὴ καττιθέντων μηδαμεῖ [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__6 metaphorically, (στρέφω [Refs 5th c.BC+] occupation, concern, περί τι [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II turning of the Chorus: hence, the strain sung during this evolution, strophe (compare ἀντίστροφήος IV, ἀντιστροφήή 1)[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III στροφήαί· ἀστραπαί, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__IV transmutation of metals,[Refs 5th c.BC+]