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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

  • οἱ εὐφραινόμενοι ἐπὶ κακοῖσ καὶ χαίροντεσ ἐπὶ διαστροφῇ κακῆ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 2:14)
  • ηὔξηται δὲ νῦν καὶ ἡ τῆσ μουσικῆσ διαστροφή, καὶ ἡ περὶ τὰσ ἐσθήσεισ καὶ ὑποδέσεισ ἐπήκμασε πολυτέλεια. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 32 3:1)
  • "ἢ διαστροφὴ μεγάλη καὶ παράλλαξισ ἔσται τῆσ γωνίασ, ὅπερ ἀδύνατόν ἐστιν" . (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 17 2:6)
  • ἀλλὰ μὴν ἑκάστου γε φθορὰ καὶ διαστροφὴ οὐκ εἰσ τὸ τυχόν, ἀλλ’ εἰσ τὰ ἐναντία καὶ τὰ μεταξύ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 196:1)
  • "ὅτι δὲ παρὰ τὰσ ἀγωγὰσ καὶ τὰσ μαθήσεισ διόρθωσισ ἢ διαστροφὴ γίγνεται, δῆλον Ἀριστόξενοσ ἐποίησε. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 311)

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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