διαστρέφω,
turn different ways, twist about, τὰ σώματα, as in the dance, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τὸ πρόσωπον
to distort it, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]:—mostly
passive,
to be distorted or
twisted, of the eyes, limbs, etc, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
to be warped, τὰ διεστραμμένα τῶν ξύλων [
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; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the eyes, διεστράφην ἰδών [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ διεστραμμένος, opposed to ὁ τυφλός, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; διεστρ. τοὺς πόδας
with the feet
twisted, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; διεστράφησαν τὸν στόμαχον
had their stomachs
turned, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
2)
metaphorically,
distort, pervert, [τρόπον χρηστόν] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν διαστρεφόντων (i.e. παθῶν) [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; διαστρέψαντες τἀληθῆ
having misrepresented it, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:—
passive, διαστραφῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
perverse, [
LXX]
II)
turn aside, divert, ἴχνος τὸ πρόσθεν φρενῶν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III) obscene meaning, ={βινεῖν}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]