Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ὢ τοῦ θώματοσ, ἐπὶ πᾶσι πάσχει Ῥῖνασ, καὶ ὦτα, καὶ χείλεα, πάντη γὰρ νεῦρα καὶ μύεσ· τῆσ κεφαλῆσ ἤλγεέ τισ Ῥαφὰσ, οὐκ εἰδὼσ μὲν ὅ τι πονέει, ἐδείκνυε τῶν Ῥαφῶν τὰ εἴδεα, λοξὴν, εὐθείην, ἐπικάρσιον , ὀπίσω τε καὶ πρόσω· ἰσχνὴν δὲ τὴν ὀδύνην καὶ τοῖσι ὀστέοισι ἐμπεπαρμένην. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 327)
  • αὐτὸσ δὲ ἄγων τὸ δεξιὸν κέρασ ὑπὸ σαλπίγγων τε καὶ τῷ Ἐνυαλίῳ ἀλαλάζοντασ ἐμβαίνει ἐσ τὸν πόρον, λοξὴν ἀεὶ παρατείνων τὴν τάξιν, ᾗ παρεῖλκε τὸ ῥεῦμα, ἵνα δὴ μὴ ἐκβαίνοντι αὐτῷ οἱ Πέρσαι κατὰ κέρασ προσπίπτοιεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸσ ὡσ ἀνυστὸν τῇ φάλαγγι προσμίξῃ αὐτοῖσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 14 7:1)
  • τοῦτον δὲ τὸν τρόπον ἐκτάξασ τὸ στρατόπεδον κατέβαινεν ἐπὶ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, λοξὴν ποιήσασ τὴν τάξιν· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 29 7:1)
  • τούτῳ δ’ ἦν συντεταγμένον λοξὴν φυλάττειν τὴν στάσιν καὶ φυγομαχεῖν, καραδοκοῦντα τὴν δι’ αὐτοῦ γινομένην κρίσιν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 82 4:5)
  • τὸν δ’ ἥλιον λοξὴν τὴν πορείαν ποιεῖσθαι διὰ τοῦ ζωδιακοῦ κύκλου· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 144:2)

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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