διαστροφ-ή,ἡ,
A. twisting,of a fractured limb, Hp. Fract. 16 ;distortion,
Id. Art. 46 ; τῶν ὀμμάτων
Arist. Pr. 958a6
, cf. 960a20 : abs., of limbs, Sor. 1.111 .
2. metaph.,perversion,
Arist. EE 1227a21 ; τοῦ δήμου ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον
Plb. 2.21.8
, Porph. Abst. 1.13 , etc.; γενῶν
Plu. 2.520c
; δ. κακή
LXX Pr. 2.14
.
3. distraction,
Metrod. Herc. 831.7 ;madness,
D.L. 2.89 .
4. tergiversation,