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λοξός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λοξός λοξή λοξόν

Structure: λοξ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. slanting, crosswise, aslant, the ecliptic
  2. askance, aside, stare capite obstipo
  3. indirect, ambiguous

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • λέγεται δέ τισ καὶ ἐπαγωγή, καὶ δεξιὰ παραγωγή, καὶ ἄλλη εὐώνυμοσ παραγωγή, καὶ πλαγία δὲ φάλαγξ ἐστί τισ, καὶ ὀρθία φάλαγξ ἄλλη, καὶ λοξὴ φάλαγξ, καὶ παρεμβολή, ἔτι γε μὴν πρόσταξισ καὶ ἔνταξισ καὶ ὑπόταξισ. (Arrian, chapter 20 5:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ παραλλήλου κεῖται ἥ τε Θάψακοσ καὶ ἡ τῆσ Αἰγύπτου παραλία, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ διεστώτων πολὺ ἀλλήλων, ἐν δὲ τῷ μεταξὺ διαγώνιόσ πωσ ἄγεται καὶ λοξὴ ἡ ἀπὸ Θαψάκου εἰσ Αἴγυπτον. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 1 70:3)
  • λοξὴ γάρ ἐστι τελέωσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 5 48:4)

Synonyms

  1. indirect

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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