Wordiyostrophe
Greekturn, overturn, turning
Variants
strophestrophstref
About This Root
From Greek strephein (to turn, overturn). In ancient Greek theater, a strophe was the chorus's turn across the stage. In English, the "turning" sense appears in catastrophe (a dramatic overturning), apostrophe (a mark of "turning away" or omission), and the rhetorical apostrophe (turning to address someone absent).