I.a perverting, distorting, corrupting, vitiating (freq. in Cic.; elsewh. rare).
I. Lit.: “distortio et depravatio quaedam (membrorum),” Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; cf.: “pedum, manuum, articulorum omnium depravationes,” Sen. Ep. 24 med.: “oris,” Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 252.—
II. Trop.: “depravatio et foeditas animi (c. c. deformitas corporis),” Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105: “verbi,” id. Part. Or. 36, 127: “consuetudinum,” id. Leg. 1, 10, 29.—Absol.: “nostra (c. c. superstitio),” perversity, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 136.