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στρεβλόω

στρεβλόω, to twist, strain, distort, torture

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στρεβλοῦν present active participle neuter nominative singular, present active participle neuter vocative singular, present active participle neuter accusative singular, present active infinitive of στρεβλόω

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στρεβλ-όω, fut. -ώσω Plu. Phoc. 35: aor. ἐστρέβλωσα Din. 1.63:—
  • twist or strain tight, ὄνοισι ξυλίνοισι τὰ ὅπλα drawing the cables taut with windlasses (cf. στρέβλη I), Hdt. 7.36; screw up the strings of an instrument, τὰς χορδὰς ἐπὶ τῶν κολλόπων στρεβλοῦν Pl. R. 531b.
    • II twist or wrench a dislocated limb, with a view to setting it, σ. τὸν πόδα Hdt. 3.129; also of wrestlers, Philostr. Im. 2.6, cf. 1.6 (Pass.):—Med., ἐς τοὐπίσω τὰς χεῖρας σ. Alciphr. 3.43:—Pass., στρεβλωθῆναι acquire a squint, Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.78; ἐσχηκότες στρεβλουμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς ibid.
      • 2 stretch on the wheel or rack, to rack, torture, applied to slaves for the purpose of extracting evidence, Ar. Nu. 620, Ra. 620, Antipho 5.32, Herod. 2.89; στρεβλοῦν . . τοῦτον ὡς κατάσκοπον Antiph. 277:—Pass., ἐπὶ τροχοῦ στρεβλούμενος Ar. Lys. 846, Pl. 875; ἀπέθανε στρεβλωθείς Lys. 13.54, cf. And. 1.44, Gal. 6.312: fut. Med. στρεβλώσομαι in pass. sense, Pl. R. 361e.
      • 3 metaph., pervert or distort words, 2 Ep.Pet. 3.16:—Pass., LXX 2 Ki. 22.27.

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