crooked

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

P. σκολιός (Plato).

bent: P. and V. καμπύλος (Plato), V. κάμπιμος, στρεπτός.

arched: V. κυρτός.

deceitful: P. and V. ποικίλος, P. σκολιός (Plato), V. ἑλικτός, πλάγιος.

distorted: V. διάστροφος.

hard to understand: P. and V. ἀσαφής, V. ἀσύνετος, ἄσημος, ἀξύμβλητος.

having crooked thoughts, never honest but tortuous every way: V. ἑλικτὰ κουδὲν ὑγιὲς ἀλλὰ πᾶν πέριξ φρονοῦντες (Euripides, Andromache 448).

with crooked talons, adj.: V. γαμψῶνυξ.