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From LSJ

Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either

Plato, Apology 21d

German > Latin

entstellen, deformare (verunstalten). – in peius fingere (fratzenhaft bilden). – in pravum detorquere (fratzenhaft verzerren, z.B. corpora, vom Spiegel). – corrumpere (verderben, verhunzen, z.B. oculos lacrimis: u. nomen). – depravare (verdrehen, verzerren, uneig. = falsch darlegen, absichtlich, industriā). – in peius mutare od. vertere (uneig., falsch darlegen).