διαστρέφω

English (LSJ)

   A turn different ways, twist about, τὰ σώματα, as in the dance, X.Smp.7.3; δ. τὸ πρόσωπον to distort it, Plu.2.535a:—mostly Pass., to be distorted or twisted, of the eyes, limbs, etc., Hp.Aph.4.49; ἡ ῥὶς δ. Id.Art.38; μέλη διεστραμμένα Pl.Grg.524c; to be warped, τὰ διεστραμμένα τῶν ξύλων Arist.EN1109b6: also of persons, to have one's eyes distorted, or to have one's neck twisted (Scholl. give both interprr.), εὐδαιμονίζω δ' εἰ διαστραφήσομαι; Ar.Eq.175; so ἀπολαύσομαί τί γ' εἰ δ. Id.Av.177; of the eyes, διεστράφην ἰδών Id.Ach.15; τὰ ὄμματα διαστρέφεσθαι Arist.Pr.960a13; without ὄμματα, ib.9, cf. 957b7; ὁ διεστραμμένος, opp. ὁ τυφλός, Eup.276.3; διεστρ. τοὺς πόδας with the feet twisted, Paus.5.18.1, cf. Arist.Pr.896b5: of torture, τῇ κλίμακι διαστρέφονται Com.Adesp.422; διεστράφησαν τὸν στόμαχον had their stomachs turned, Jul.Or.6.190d.    2 metaph., distort, pervert, [τρόπον χρηστόν] E.Fr.597; τοὺς νόμους Is.11.4; τὸν δικαστήν Arist.Rh.1354a24; ὑπόληψιν Id.EN1140b14; τῶν διαστρεφόντων (sc. παθῶν) Phld.Lib.p.32 O.; διαστρέψαντες τἀληθῆ having misrepresented it, D.Prooem.46.2:—Pass., διαστραφῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν Luc.Vit. Auct.24; γενεὰ διεστραμμένη perverse, LXX De.32.5.    II turn aside, divert, ἴχνος τὸ πρόσθεν φρενῶν A.Supp.1017.    III sens. obsc., = βινεῖν, Eup.7 D.