στρεβλός

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ὕπνος δεινὸν ἀνθρώποις κακόνsleep is a terrible evil for humans (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 1.523)

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Transliteration A: streblós Transliteration B: streblos Transliteration C: strevlos Beta Code: streblo/s

English (LSJ)

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   A twisted, crooked, πόσθιον... σ. ὥσπερ κύτταρον Ar. Th.516; στρεβλὸν ὀρθῶσαι κλάδον Men.711; λοξοβάται, στρεβλοί, of crabs, Batr.295; μυκτήρ Nic.Al.442; κανών Arist.Rh.1354a26; squinteyed, like στραβός, Hp.Aër.14, Eup.182, Phryn.PS p.108 B., Hsch. s.v. ἰλλός; of the brows, knit, wrinkled, AP7.440 (Leon.).    II metaph., crooked, cunning, στρεβλοῖσι παλαίσμασι by cunning dodges in wrestling, Ar.Ra.878 (mock heroic); perverse, froward, LXX Ps. 17(18).27, Si.36.(22) 25, Aesop.66.