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διαστροφ-ή

diastrophe · ἡ

twisting, distortion, perversion

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Where it lives

Eudemian Ethics 3 · 1.15/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

διαστροφ-ή · diastroph-ē — LSJ

twisting, distortion

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 perversion

metaph., perversion, Arist. EE 1227a21; τοῦ δήμου ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον Plb. 2.21.8, Porph. Abst. 1.13, etc.; γενῶν Plu. Curios. 2.520c; δ. κακή LXX Pr. 2.14.

3 distraction, madness

distraction, Metrod. Herc. 831.7; madness, D.L. 2.89.

4 tergiversation

tergiversation, Just. Nov. 17.8.1 (pl.).

In the wild

διαστροφὴν · diastrophēn Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
διαστροφὴν · diastrophēn Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
διαστροφὴ · diastrophē Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
διαστροφήν · diastrophēn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1725)
διαστροφὴν · diastrophēn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5541)
διαστροφὴν · diastrophēn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6206)

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