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

  • κἀνταῦθα ὁ μὲν Κοκκωνᾶσ ἐν Χαλκηδόνι καταλείπεται, διττούσ τινασ καὶ ἀμφιβόλουσ καὶ λοξοὺσ χρησμοὺσ συγγράφων, καὶ μετ’ ὀλίγον ἐτελεύτησε τὸν βίον, ὑπὸ ἐχίδνησ, οἶμαι, δηχθείσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 10:4)
  • οὐ μὴν οὐδ’ οὕτωσ ὑπάρχειν ἁπλοῦν δεῖ τὸν ἐντυγχάνοντα τῇ γραφῇ ταύτῃ καὶ ἀργόν, ὥστε μηδὲ σφαῖραν ἰδεῖν, μηδὲ κύκλουσ ἐν αὐτῇ τοὺσ μὲν παραλλήλουσ τοὺσ δ’ ὀρθίουσ πρὸσ τούτουσ τοὺσ δὲ λοξούσ, μηδὲ τροπικῶν τε καὶ ἰσημερινοῦ καὶ ζωδιακοῦ θέσιν, δι’ οὗ φερόμενοσ ὁ ἥλιοσ τρέπεται καὶ διδάσκει διαφορὰσ κλιμάτων τε καὶ ἀνέμων. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 1 42:7)

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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