misrepresent
From LSJ
ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός → a man who is incapable of entering into partnership, or who is so self-sufficing that he has no need to do so, is no part of a state, so that he must be either a lower animal or a god | whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. διαστρέφειν.
slander: P. and V. διαβάλλω, διαβάλλειν, Ar. and P. συκοφαντεῖν.
give a false impression of: P. κακῶς εἰκάζειν περί (gen.) (Plato Republic 377E).
