עָקַשׁ

From LSJ

Νέος πεφυκὼς πολλὰ χρηστὰ μάνθανε → Dum floret aetas, disce, quod scitum decet → In jungem Alter lerne viel, was brauchbar ist

Menander, Monostichoi, 373

English (Strong)

a primitive root; to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse): make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).