crooked
From LSJ
ὁ νόμος βούλεται μὲν εὑεργετεῖν βίον ἀνθρώπων (Democritus) → Law is meant to benefit human life
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
bent: P. and V. καμπύλος (Plato), V. κάμπιμος, στρεπτός.
deceitful: P. and V. ποικίλος, P. σκολιός (Plato), V. ἑλικτός, πλάγιος.
hard to understand: P. and V. ἀσαφής, V. ἀσύνετος, ἄσημος, ἀξύμβλητος.
having crooked thoughts, never honest but tortuous every way: V. ἑλικτὰ κουδὲν ὑγιὲς ἀλλὰ πᾶν πέριξ φρονοῦντες (Eur., Andromache 448).
with crooked talons, adj.: V. γαμψῶνυξ.
