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διαστρέφω

διαστρέφω, to turn different ways, to twist about, distort

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διαστρέψω Verb: aorist active subjunctive 1st singular, Verb: future active indicative 1st singular of διαστρέφω

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διαστρέφω,
  • turn different ways, twist about, τὰ σώματα, as in the dance, X. Smp. 7.3; δ. τὸ πρόσωπον to distort it, Plu. Vit.pud. 2.535a:—mostly Pass., to be distorted or twisted, of the eyes, limbs, etc., Hp. Aph. 4.49; ἡ ῥὶς δ. Id. Art. 38; μέλη διεστραμμένα Pl. Grg. 524c; to be warped, τὰ διεστραμμένα τῶν ξύλων Arist. EN 1109b6: also of persons, to have oneʼs eyes distorted, or to have oneʼs neck twisted (Scholl. give both interprr.), εὐδαιμονίζω δʼ εἰ διαστραφήσομαι; Ar. Eq. 175; so ἀπολαύσομαί τί γʼ εἰ δ. Id. Av. 177; of the eyes, διεστράφην ἰδών Id. Ach. 15; τὰ ὄμματα διαστρέφεσθαι Arist. Pr. 960a13; without ὄμματα, ib. 9, cf. 957b7; ὁ διεστραμμένος, opp. ὁ τυφλός, Eup. 276.3; διεστρ. τοὺς πόδας with the feet twisted, Paus. 5.18.1, cf. Arist. Pr. 896b5: of torture, τῇ κλίμακι διαστρέφονται Com.Adesp. 422; διεστράφησαν τὸν στόμαχον had their stomachs turned, Jul. Or. 6.190d.
      • 2 metaph., distort, pervert, [τρόπον χρηστόν] E. Fr. 597; τοὺς νόμους Is. 11.4; τὸν δικαστήν Arist. Rh. 1354a24; ὑπόληψιν Id. EN 1140b14; τῶν διαστρεφόντων (sc. παθῶν) Phld. Lib. p.32 O.; διαστρέψαντες τἀληθῆ having misrepresented it, D. Prooem. 46.2:—Pass., διαστραφῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν Luc. Vit. Auct. 24; γενεὰ διεστραμμένη perverse, LXX De. 32.5.
    • II turn aside, divert, ἴχνος τὸ πρόσθεν φρενῶν A. Supp. 1017.
    • III sens. obsc., = βινεῖν, Eup. 7 D.

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