pervert
pervert
v. trans.
P. and V. διαστρέφειν.
Corrupt: P. and V. διαφθείρειν.
Mislead: P. and V. πᾰρά̆γειν.
v. trans.
P. and V. διαστρέφειν.
Corrupt: P. and V. διαφθείρειν.
Mislead: P. and V. πᾰρά̆γειν.
PERVERT
pervertere depravare detorquere aliquid: to pervert the truth verum convertere in falsum (Cic.): to pervert right omne jus torquere (Cic.): to pervert one’s words verba in pejus detorquere.
pervertere depravare detorquere aliquid: to pervert the truth verum convertere in falsum (Cic.): to pervert right omne jus torquere (Cic.): to pervert one’s words verba in pejus detorquere.
pervert:
1. dēprāvo, 1 (to worsen): to p. anything by mis-stating it, aliquid male narrando d., Ter. Ph. 4, 4, 16: (things) corrupted and p.'d by the subtlety of the lawyers, jureconsultorum corrupta ac depravata, Cic. Mur. 12, 37.
2. dētorqueo, si, tum, 2 (to wrest aside): to p. language to an obscene sense, in obscaenum intellectum sermonem d., Quint. 8, 3, 44: to p. sincere and upright minds, sincera rectaque ingenia d., Plin. Pan. 70: Liv.: v.TO MISINTERPRET . In similar sense, torqueo, but with the bad sense less marked: v. TO WREST .
3. dēflecto, xi, xum, 3 (like preced., but less freq.): cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 44, quum ipsos principes aliqua pravitas de via deflexit, i. e. when they have become p'd: tragedy p.'d to obscene laughter, in obscaenos deflexa tragoedia risus, Ov. Tr. 2, 409.
4. corrumpo, 3 (to mar and spoil): cf. supr. (1). See alsoTO CORRUPT . (N.B.--Perverto = to overturn completely.)
1. dēprāvo, 1 (to worsen): to p. anything by mis-stating it, aliquid male narrando d., Ter. Ph. 4, 4, 16: (things) corrupted and p.'d by the subtlety of the lawyers, jureconsultorum corrupta ac depravata, Cic. Mur. 12, 37.
2. dētorqueo, si, tum, 2 (to wrest aside): to p. language to an obscene sense, in obscaenum intellectum sermonem d., Quint. 8, 3, 44: to p. sincere and upright minds, sincera rectaque ingenia d., Plin. Pan. 70: Liv.: v.
3. dēflecto, xi, xum, 3 (like preced., but less freq.): cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 44, quum ipsos principes aliqua pravitas de via deflexit, i. e. when they have become p'd: tragedy p.'d to obscene laughter, in obscaenos deflexa tragoedia risus, Ov. Tr. 2, 409.
4. corrumpo, 3 (to mar and spoil): cf. supr. (1). See also