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.EE1227a21; “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.).