torturing
From LSJ
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
Met., P. and V. λυπηρός, πικρός, ἀλγεινός, βαρύς, V. λυπρός, λυμαντήριος; see distressing.
