λῠγ-ισμός,
ὁ,
A). a bending, twisting, like the willow, hence of wrestlers,
Luc. Anach. 24 , cj. in
Philostr. Im. 2.6 (
λογ- codd.); of dancers,-
ισμοὺς ὀρχεῖσθαι Id. VA 4.21 ;
γονάτων-ισμοί PMich.in
Class.Phil. 22.10 : metaph., of
the windings and twistings of a sophist,
Ar. Ra. 775 (pl.).