στρεβλ-ός, ή, όν,
twisted, crooked, πόσθιον.., σ. ὥσπερ κύτταρον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 516; στρεβλὸν ὀρθῶσαι κλάδον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 711 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λοξοβάται, στρεβλοί, of crabs, [[ Batrachomyomachia 295; μυκτήρ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 442; κανών 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354a26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; squinteyed, like{στραβός}, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 14, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 182, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.108 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] see at {ἰλλός}; of the brows, knit, wrinkled, [[ Anthologia Graeca 7.440 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II metaphorically, crooked, cunning, στρεβλοῖσι παλαίσμασι by cunning dodges in wrestling, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 878 (mock heroic)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; perverse, froward, [[ LXX.Psa.17(18).27, LXX.Sir.36.(22) 25, 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 66. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]