διαστροφ-ή, ἡ,
twisting, of a fractured limb, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; distortion, [[ [prev. author] “Art.” 46; τῶν ὀμμάτων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 958a6, compare 960a20: _absolutely_, of limbs, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.111. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, perversion, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Eudemia” 1227a21; τοῦ δήμου ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.21.8, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.13, etc.; γενῶν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.520c; δ. κακή LXX.Pro.2.14. ] LXX+4th c.BC+]
__3 distraction, [[ 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.7] Refs 4th c.AD+]; madness, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.89. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__4 tergiversation, [[ 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 17.8.1 (_plural_). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]