διαστροφή

A. twisting, of a fractured limb, Hp. Fract. 16; distortion, Id. Art. 46; τῶν ὀμμάτων Arist. Pr. 958a6, cf. 960a20: abs., of limbs, Sor. 1.111.

2. metaph., perversion, Arist. EE 1227a21; τοῦ δήμου ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον Plb. 2.21.8, Porph. Abst. 1.13, etc.; γενῶν Plu. 2.520c; δ. κακή LXX Pr. 2.14.

3. distraction, Metrod. Herc. 831.7; madness, D.L. 2.89.

4. tergiversation, Just. Nov. 17.8.1 (pl.).