Etymology of the Latin word epistrophe
the New Latin word epistrophe
derived from the Greek word epistrophe, ἐπιστροφή (reversion; morally, revolution)
using the Greek prefix epi-, ἐπι-
derived from the Byzantine Greek word epi, ἐπί (upon; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case); over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.)
derived from the Greek word strophe, στροφή, στροϕή
derived from the Greek word strephein, στρέφειν, στρέϕω, στρέφω
derived from the Greek word epistrephein, ἐπιστρέϕω, ἐπιστρέφω (to revert (literally, figuratively or morally))
derived from the Greek word strephein, στρέφειν, στρέϕω, στρέφω