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διαστροφή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: διαστροφή

Structure: διαστροφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from diastre/fw

Sense

  1. distortion

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative διαστροφή διαστροφᾱ́ διαστροφαί
Genitive διαστροφῆς διαστροφαῖν διαστροφῶν
Dative διαστροφῇ διαστροφαῖν διαστροφαῖς
Accusative διαστροφήν διαστροφᾱ́ διαστροφᾱ́ς
Vocative διαστροφή διαστροφᾱ́ διαστροφαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πληγὴ φλεγμαίνουσα εἶναι καὶ καθάπερ αἱ μετὰ τραύματοσ ἐκβολαὶ τῶν ἄρθρων, οὕτωσ αἱ μετὰ πάθουσ διαστροφαὶ τῆσ ψυχῆσ χαλεπώτεραι. (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 1 2:1)
  • Καὶ ὅτι τὰ καταγέντα θᾶσσον καὶ βραδύτερον φυόμενα, ᾗ αἱ διαστροφαὶ καὶ ἐπιπωρώσιεσ γίνονται, καὶ ἄκη τουτέων. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., MOXLIKOS., 40.5)
  • Διαστροφαὶ, ᾗ κυρτοί‧ ἄσαρκοι, ἄνευροι, ᾗ τὸ ἐκπεσόν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., MOXLIKOS., 40.10)

Synonyms

  1. distortion

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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