στρεβλός
ή, όν
A.
twisted, crooked, πόσθιον . ., ς. ὥσπερ κύτταρον Ar. Th. 516; στρεβλὸν ὀρθῶσαι κλάδον Men. 711; λοξοβάται, στρεβλοί, of crabs, Batr. 295; μυκτήρ Nic. Al. 442; κανών Arist. Rh. 1354a26; squinteyed, like στραβός, Hp. Aër. 14, Eup. 182, Phryn. PS p.108 B., Hsch. s.v. ἰλλός; of the brows, knit, wrinkled, AP 7.440 (Leon.).
II.
metaph., crooked, cunning, στρεβλοῖσι παλαίσμασι by cunning dodges in wrestling, Ar. Ra. 878 (mock heroic); perverse, froward, LXX Ps. 17(18).27, Si. 36.(22)25, Aesop. 66.