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παρα-στρέφω

parastrepho

turn aside, alter

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What it meant

παρα-στρέφω · para-strephō — LSJ

turn aside, alter, to, be displaced to one side

turn aside, alter, Pl. Cra. 418a :—Pass., to be displaced to one side, π. ἢ ἔνθα ἢ ἔνθα ἡ ῥίς Hp. Art. 35 ; τὸ στόμα παρεστραμμένος Com. Adesp. 386 ; of trees, οὐκ εὐφυές, ἀλλὰ παρεστραμμένον Thphr. HP 4.2.6, etc.; παρέστραπται δὲ καὶ ὄσσε Nic. Th. 758.

2 turn aside, pervert

metaph., turn aside, esp. for the worse, pervert, τὴν μοῖραν ἐς τὸ μὴ χρεών E. Fr. 491.3 ; ψυχαὶ παρεστραμμέναι τῆς κατὰ φύσιν ἕξεως Arist. Pol. 1342a22.

3

π. τὸν τρίβωνα, as a sign of ἀνελευθερία, dub. in Thphr. Char. 22.13.

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