στρεβλόω
στρεβλ-όω, fut.
A). -ώσω Plu. Phoc. 35 : aor.
ἐστρέβλωσα Din. 1.63 :—
twist or
strain tight,
ὄνοισι ξυλίνοισι τὰ ὅπλα drawing the cables
taut with windlasses (cf.
στρέβλη 1 ),
Hdt. 7.36 ;
screw up the strings of an instrument,
τὰς χορδὰς ἐπὶ τῶν κολλόπων στρεβλοῦν Pl. R. 531b .
II). twist or
wrench a dislocated limb, with a view to setting it,
ς. τὸν πόδα Hdt. 3.129 ; also of wrestlers,
Philostr. Im. 2.6 , cf.
1.6 ( Pass.):— Med.,
ἐς τοὐπίσω τὰς χεῖρας ς.
Alciphr. 3.43 :— Pass.,
στρεβλωθῆναι acquire a squint,
Herod.Med. in
Rh.Mus. 58.78 ;
ἐσχηκότες στρεβλουμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς ibid.
2). stretch on the wheel or
rack, to rack, torture, applied to slaves for the purpose of extracting evidence,
Ar. Nu. 620 ,
Ra. 620 ,
Antipho 5.32 ,
Herod. 2.89 ;
στρεβλοῦν .. τοῦτον ὡς κατάσκοπον Antiph. 277 :— Pass.,
ἐπὶ τροχοῦ στρεβλούμενος Ar. Lys. 846 ,
Pl. 875 ;
ἀπέθανε στρεβλωθείς Lys. 13.54 , cf.
And. 1.44 ,
Gal. 6.312 : fut. Med.
στρεβλώσομαι in pass. sense,
Pl. R. 361e .
ShortDef
to twist, strain, distort, torture
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Headword (normalized):
στρεβλόω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
στρεβλοω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">στρεβλ-όω</span>, fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">-ώσω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg049:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg049:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phoc.</span> 35 </a> : aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐστρέβλωσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:1:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:1.63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Din.</span> 1.63 </a> :—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">twist</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strain tight</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ὄνοισι ξυλίνοισι τὰ ὅπλα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">drawing</span> the cables <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">taut</span> with windlasses (cf. <span class="quote greek">στρέβλη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> 1 </a> ), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.36 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">screw up</span> the strings of an instrument, <span class="quote greek">τὰς χορδὰς ἐπὶ τῶν κολλόπων στρεβλοῦν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:531b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:531b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 531b </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">twist</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wrench</span> a dislocated limb, with a view to setting it, <span class="quote greek">ς. τὸν πόδα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:129" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.129/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.129 </a> ; also of wrestlers, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1600.tlg001:2:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1600.tlg001:2.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Im.</span> 2.6 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1600.tlg001:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1600.tlg001:1.6/canonical-url/"> 1.6 </a> ( Pass.):— Med., <span class="foreign greek">ἐς τοὐπίσω τὰς χεῖρας ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3.43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> 3.43 </a>:— Pass., <span class="foreign greek">στρεβλωθῆναι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">acquire a squint</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.Med.</span> </span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.Mus.</span> 58.78 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐσχηκότες στρεβλουμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς</span> ibid. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stretch on the wheel</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rack, to rack, torture</span>, applied to slaves for the purpose of extracting evidence, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:620" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:620/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 620 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:620" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:620/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 620 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 5.32 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:2:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:2.89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 2.89 </a>; <span class="quote greek">στρεβλοῦν .. τοῦτον ὡς κατάσκοπον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:277" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:277/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 277 </a> :— Pass., <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ τροχοῦ στρεβλούμενος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:846" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:846/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 846 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:875" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:875/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 875 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀπέθανε στρεβλωθείς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg013.perseus-grc1:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg013.perseus-grc1:54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 13.54 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.44 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 6.312 </span>: fut. Med. <span class="foreign greek">στρεβλώσομαι</span> in pass. sense, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:361e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:361e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 361e </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pervert</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">distort</span> words, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg022.perseus-grc1:3:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg022.perseus-grc1:3.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">2 Ep.Pet.</span> 3.16 </a>:— Pass., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg012:22:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg012:22.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">2 Ki.</span> 22.27 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}