διαστροφή

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A 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.EE1227a21; τοῦ δήμου ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον Plb. 2.21.8, Porph.Abst.1.13, etc.; γενῶν Plu.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.).