στρεβλόω

στρεβλ-όω, [tense] fut.

A

-ώσω Plu.Phoc.35

: [tense] 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 ([voice] Pass.):—[voice] Med., ἐς τοὐπίσω τὰς χεῖρας ς. Alciphr.3.43:—[voice] 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

:—[voice] Pass.,

ἐπὶ τροχοῦ στρεβλούμενος Ar.Lys.846

, Pl.875;

ἀπέθανε στρεβλωθείς Lys.13.54

, cf. And.1.44, Gal.6.312: [tense] fut. [voice] Med. στρεβλώσομαι in pass. sense, Pl.R.361e.

3 metaph., pervert or distort words, 2 Ep.Pet. 3.16:—[voice] Pass., LXX 2 Ki.22.27.