A.a bending, twisting, like the willow, hence of wrestlers, Luc.Anach.24, cj. in Philostr.Im.2.6 (λογ- codd.); of dancers, -“ισμοὺς ὀρχεῖσθαι” Id.VA4.21; γονάτων-ισμοί PMich.in Class.Phil.22.10: metaph., of the windings and twistings of a sophist, Ar. Ra.775 (pl.).
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