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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

  • παρεκτεινούσησ δ’ αὐτῆσ παρὰ τὴν Εὐρώπην λοξῆσ, τὸ μὲν ἐλάχιστον ἀπὸ τῆσ ἠπείρου διεστηκὸσ ἀκρωτήριον, ὃ καλοῦσι Κάντιον, φασὶν ἀπέχειν ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ σταδίουσ ὡσ ἑκατόν, καθ’ ὃν τόπον ἡ θάλαττα ποιεῖται τὸν ἔκρουν, τὸ δ’ ἕτερον ἀκρωτήριον τὸ καλούμενον Βελέριον ἀπέχειν λέγεται τῆσ ἠπείρου πλοῦν ἡμερῶν τεττάρων, τὸ δ’ ὑπολειπόμενον ἀνήκειν μὲν ἱστοροῦσιν εἰσ τὸ πέλαγοσ, ὀνομάζεσθαι δ’ Ὄρκαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 21 3:2)

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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