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παραστρέφω

παραστρέφω, to turn aside

παρα-στρέφω,
  • turn aside, alter, Pl. Cra. 418a:—Pass., to be displaced to one side, π. ἢ ἔνθα ἢ ἔνθα ἡ ῥίς Hp. Art. 35; τὸ στόμα παρεστραμμένος Com. Adesp. 386; of trees, οὐκ εὐφυές, ἀλλὰ παρεστραμμένον Thphr. HP 4.2.6, etc.; παρέστραπται δὲ καὶ ὄσσε Nic. Th. 758.
      • 2 metaph., turn aside, esp. for the worse, pervert, τὴν μοῖραν ἐς τὸ μὴ χρεών E. Fr. 491.3; ψυχαὶ παρεστραμμέναι τῆς κατὰ φύσιν ἕξεως Arist. Pol. 1342a22.
      • 3 π. τὸν τρίβωνα, as a sign of ἀνελευθερία, dub. in Thphr. Char. 22.13.

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