A.turn different ways, twist about, τὰ σώματα, as in the dance, X.Smp.7.3; δ. τὸ πρόσωπον to distort it, Plu.2.535a:—mostly Pass., to be distorted or twisted, of the eyes, limbs, etc., Hp.Aph.4.49; “ἡ ῥὶς δ.” Id.Art.38; “μέλη διεστραμμένα” Pl.Grg.524c; to be warped, “τὰ διεστραμμένα τῶν ξύλων” Arist.EN1109b6: also of persons, to have one's eyes distorted, or to have one's neck twisted (Scholl. give both interprr.), “εὐδαιμονίζω δ᾽ εἰ διαστραφήσομαι;” Ar.Eq.175; so “ἀπολαύσομαί τί γ᾽ εἰ δ.” Id.Av.177; of the eyes, “διεστράφην ἰδών” Id.Ach.15; “τὰ ὄμματα διαστρέφεσθαι” Arist.Pr.960a13; without ὄμματα, ib.9, cf. 957b7; ὁ διεστραμμένος, opp. ὁ τυφλός, Eup.276.3; διεστρ. τοὺς πόδας with the feet twisted, Paus.5.18.1, cf. Arist.Pr.896b5: of torture, “τῇ κλίμακι διαστρέφονται” Com.Adesp.422; διεστράφησαν τὸν στόμαχον had their stomachs turned, Jul.Or.6.190d.
2. metaph., distort, pervert, [τρόπον χρηστόν] E.Fr.597; “τοὺς νόμους” Is.11.4; “τὸν δικαστήν” Arist.Rh.1354a24; “ὑπόληψιν” Id.EN1140b14; τῶν διαστρεφόντων (sc. παθῶν) Phld.Lib.p.32 O.; διαστρέψαντες τἀληθῆ having misrepresented it, D.Prooem.46.2:—Pass., “διαστραφῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν” Luc.Vit. Auct.24; “γενεὰ διεστραμμένη” perverse, LXX De.32.5.
II. turn aside, divert, “ἴχνος τὸ πρόσθεν φρενῶν” A.Supp.1017.
