1. a turning back , (Xenophon Historicus); ἀποστροφὴν λαμβάνειν to have one's course turned, (Plutarch)

2. a turning away from, an escape from a thing, with genitive, (Aeschulus Tragicus)

3. a resort, resource , (Herdotus Historicus):—;with genitive objecti, ὕδατος ἀπ. a resource or means for getting water, (Euripides); σωτηρίας ἀπ. (Thucydides) (ML)