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διαστροφή

διαστροφή, distortion

διαστροφ-ή, ἡ,
  • twisting, of a fractured limb, Hp. Fract. 16; distortion, Id. Art. 46; τῶν ὀμμάτων Arist. Pr. 958a6, cf. 960a20: abs., of limbs, Sor. 1.111.
      • 2 metaph., perversion, Arist. EE 1227a21; τοῦ δήμου ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον Plb. 2.21.8, Porph. Abst. 1.13, etc.; γενῶν Plu. Curios. 2.520c; δ. κακή LXX Pr. 2.14.
      • 3 distraction, Metrod. Herc. 831.7; madness, D.L. 2.89.
      • 4 tergiversation, Just. Nov. 17.8.1 (pl.).

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