Scaife ATLAS

στρεβλόω στρεβλόω, στρεβλός to twist or strain tight, στρ. τὰ ὅπλα ὄνοισι to draw the cables taut with windlasses, Hdt.: to screw up the strings of an instrument, Plat. to twist or wrench a dislocated limb, with a view to setting it, Hdt. to stretch on the wheel or rack, to rack, torture, Ar.:—Pass., στρεβλοῦσθαι ἐπὶ τροχοῦ Ar. metaph. to pervert or distort words, NTest.

ShortDef

to twist, strain, distort, torture

Debugging

Headword:

στρεβλόω

Headword (normalized):

στρεβλόω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

στρεβλοω

IDX:

30364

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n30399

Key:

streblo/w

Data

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