διαστρέφω

diastrepho

turn different ways, twist about

Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.

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Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26

1109b6
Book VI 2
Chapter 5 1140a24–1140b30

1140b14

Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36

1144a34
History of Animals 2
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Book VI 1
Chapter 6 563a17–563b13

563a24
Book VIII 1
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

589b29
Poetics 2
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Chapter 5 1449a32–1449b20

1449a36
Chapter 9 1451a36–1452a11

1452a1
Politics 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 16 1287a1–1287b35

1287a31
Book VII 1
Chapter 17 1336a3–1337a7

1336a10
On Divination in Sleep 1
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Chapter 2 463b12–464b18

464b14
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 1 1246a26–1246b36

1246a29
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 6 785b16–786b6

785b36
Progression of Animals 1
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Chapter 17 713b21–714a19

714a8
On Dreams 1
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Chapter 3 460b28–462b11

461a16
Meteorology 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 382b28–383b17

383a25
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 1354a1–1355b24

1354a24

Dictionary (LSJ)

διαστρέφω, 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. EN 1109b6: also of persons, to have oneʼs eyes distorted, or to have oneʼs neck twisted (Scholl. give both interprr.), εὐδαιμονίζω δʼ εἰ διαστραφήσομαι; Ar. Eq. 175; so ἀπολαύσομαί τί γʼ 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. EN 1140b14; 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. III. sens. obsc., = βινεῖν, Eup. 7 D.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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