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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

  • τὴν οὐκέτι διαστροφὴν ἀλλ’ ἐκστροφὴν αὐτῶν τοῦ λόγου καὶ ἀπαγωγὴν τελέωσ εἰσ τὸ μηδὲν καταμαθεῖν. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 27 10:1)
  • παρὰ φύσιν δὲ καὶ διαστροφὴν οὐ τὸ ἀγαθόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ φαινόμενον ἀγαθόν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 193:1)
  • φύσει μὲν τὸ ἀγαθόν, παρὰ φύσιν δὲ καὶ διαστροφὴν καὶ τὸ κακόν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 195:1)
  • Κἢν μὲν ὀρθῶσ τισ κατορθώσηται καὶ ἐπατρεμήσῃ ὡσ χρὴ, ταχείη μὲν ἡ ἄλθεξισ, οἱ δὲ ὀδόντεσ ἀσινέεσ γίνονται‧ ἢν δὲ μὴ, χρονιωτέρη μὲν ἡ ἄλθεξισ, διαστροφὴν δὲ ἴσχουσιν οἱ ὀδόντεσ, καὶ σιναροὶ καὶ ἀχρήϊοι γίνονται. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 34.6)
  • σὺ τὴν ἐναντίαν διαστροφὴν ἔσῃ διεστραμμένοσ δογματίζων τὰ αἰσχρά, ποιῶν τὰ καλά. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 18:2)

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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