διαστρέφω,
turn different ways, twist about, τὰ σώματα, as in the dance, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 7.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τὸ πρόσωπον to distort it, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.535a] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—mostly passive, to be distorted or twisted, of the eyes, limbs, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.49; ἡ ῥὶς δ. [prev. author] “Art.” 38; μέλη διεστραμμένα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 524c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be warped, τὰ διεστραμμένα τῶν ξύλων [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1109b6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: also of persons, to have one's eyes distorted, or to have one's neck twisted (Scholl. give both interpretations), εὐδαιμονίζω δ᾽ εἰ διαστραφήσομα; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 175; so ἀπολαύσομαί τί γ᾽ εἰ δ. [prev. author] “Av.” 177 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the eyes, διεστράφην ἰδών [[ [prev. author] “Ach.” 15; τὰ ὄμματα διαστρέφεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 960a13; without ὄμματα, [prev. work] 9, compare 957b7 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ διεστραμμένος, opposed to ὁ τυφλός, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 276.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διεστρ. τοὺς πόδας with the feet twisted, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.18.1, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 896b5: of torture, τῇ κλίμακι διαστρέφονται “Comica Adespota” 422 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; διεστράφησαν τὸν στόμαχον had their stomachs turned, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.190d. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, distort, pervert, [τρόπον χρηστόν] [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 597; τοὺς νόμους 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.4; τὸν δικαστήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354a24; ὑπόληψιν [prev. author] “EN” 1140b14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν διαστρεφόντων (i.e. παθῶν) [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.32 O.] Refs 1st c.BC+]; διαστρέψαντες τἀληθῆ having misrepresented it, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 46.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, διαστραφῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Vit. Auct.” 24; γενεὰ διεστραμμένη ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]perverse, [[ LXX.Deu.32.5. ] LXX]