κ1804Κλιμακίζειν
to distort, to pervert
Dinarchus mentions [this word] in the reproach on behalf of Aeschines, when he says: "this man is distorting the laws". It is akin to "is diverting" and "is twisting"; perhaps from the attested noun klimax, which is a…
Κλιμακίζειν· μέμνηται Δείναρχος ἐν τῇ ὑπὲρ Αἰσχίνου εἰσηγορίᾳ, λέγων· οὗτος κλιμακίζει τοὺς νόμους. ἔστιν δὲ οἷον παράγει καὶ διαστρέφει· ἴσως ἀπὸ τῆς κλίμακος εἰρημένου τοῦ…