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

  • Καὶ μέν γε καὶ τρίτον τι γένοσ ἰνῶν ἐστι τῶν λοξῶν, ἔλαττον πολὺ τῷ πλήθει τῶν προειρημένων δύο γενῶν. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 114)
  • ταῦτ’ ἄρα καὶ ὁ τῆσ φλεβὸσ χιτὼν εἷσ ὢν ἐκ πολυειδῶν ἰνῶν ἐγένετο καὶ τῶν τῆσ ἀρτηρίασ ὁ μὲν ἔξωθεν ἐκ τῶν στρογγύλων, ὁ δ’ ἔσωθεν ἐκ μὲν τῶν εὐθειῶν πλείστων, ὀλίγων δέ τινων σὺν αὐταῖσ καὶ τῶν λοξῶν, ὥστε τὰσ μὲν φλέβασ ταῖσ μήτραισ καὶ ταῖσ κύστεσιν ἐοικέναι κατά γε τὴν τῶν ἰνῶν σύνθεσιν, εἰ καὶ τῷ πάχει λείπονται, τὰσ δ’ ἀρτηρίασ τῇ γαστρί. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 118)
  • οἱ δὲ πλάνητεσ ἀστέρεσ καὶ ἥλιοσ καὶ σελήνη κατὰ λοξῶν τινων τῶν τεταγμένων ἐν τῷ ζωδιακῷ. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 5 4:9)
  • ἀνάλογον δὲ καὶ περὶ τῶν λοξῶν κύκλων καὶ εὐθειῶν φαμεν. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 5 20:7)

Synonyms

  1. indirect

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION