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

  • "ὦ τάν, μὴ κρίσιν ἡμῖν ἀσεβείασ ἐπαγγείλῃσ, ὥσπερ Ἀρίσταρχον ᾤετο δεῖν Κλεάνθησ τὸν Σάμιον ἀσεβείασ προσκαλεῖσθαι τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ, ὡσ κινοῦντα τοῦ κόσμου τὴν ἑστίαν, ὅτι τὰ φαινόμενα σῴζειν ἁνὴρ ἐπειρᾶτο, μένειν τὸν οὐρανὸν ὑποτιθέμενοσ, ἐξελίττεσθαι δὲ κατὰ λοξοῦ κύκλου τὴν γῆν, ἅμα καὶ περὶ τὸν αὑτῆσ ἄξονα δινουμένην. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 6 1:1)
  • Φιλόλαοσ δ’ ὁ Πυθαγόρειοσ κύκλῳ περιφέρεσθαι περὶ τὸ πῦρ κατὰ κύκλου λοξοῦ ὁμοιοτρόπωσ ἡλίῳ καὶ σελήνῃ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 3, 2:1)
  • ὅθεν καὶ ταῖσ πανσελήνοισ ἐκλείπειν μόναισ, καίπερ κατὰ διάμετρον ἱσταμένην κατὰ μῆνα τῷ ἡλίῳ, ὅτι κατὰ λοξοῦ ὡσ πρὸσ τὸν ἥλιον κινουμένη παραλλάττει τῷ πλάτει, ἢ βορειοτέρα ἢ νοτιωτέρα γινομένη. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 146:4)

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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