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

  • ἐῶ γὰρ λέγειν ὡσ λοξὰ καὶ ἐπαμφοτερίζοντα τοῖσ πολλοῖσ χρᾶν εἰώθατε, οὐ πάνυ ἀποσαφοῦντεσ εἰ ὁ τὸν Ἅλυν διαβὰσ τὴν αὑτοῦ ἀρχὴν καταλύσει ἢ τὴν τοῦ Κύρου· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 13:7)
  • 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)
  • ἔχρη οὖν καὶ ἐθέσπιζε, πολλῇ τῇ συνέσει ἐνταῦθα χρώμενοσ καὶ τὸ εἰκαστικὸν τῇ ἐπινοίᾳ προσάπτων, τοῖσ μὲν λοξὰ καὶ ἀμφίβολα πρὸσ τὰσ ἐρωτήσεισ ἀποκρινόμενοσ, τοῖσ δὲ καὶ πάνυ ἀσαφῆ· (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 22:1)
  • ὁ δὲ Ἀπόλλων προσποιεῖται μὲν πάντα εἰδέναι καὶ τοξεύειν καὶ κιθαρίζειν καὶ ἰατρὸσ εἶναι καὶ μαντεύεσθαι καὶ καταστησάμενοσ ἐργαστήρια τῆσ μαντικῆσ τὸ μὲν ἐν Δελφοῖσ, τὸ δὲ ἐν Κλάρῳ καὶ ἐν Διδύμοισ ἐξαπατᾷ τοὺσ χρωμένουσ αὐτῷ λοξὰ καὶ ἐπαμφοτερίζοντα πρὸσ ἑκάτερον τῆσ ἐρωτήσεωσ ἀποκρινόμενοσ, ὡσ ἀκίνδυνον εἶναι τὸ σφάλμα. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:1)
  • λέγεται δέ τισ καὶ ἐπαγωγή, καὶ δεξιὰ παραγωγή, καὶ ἄλλη εὐώνυμοσ παραγωγή, καὶ πλαγία δὲ φάλαγξ ἐστί τισ, καὶ ὀρθία φάλαγξ ἄλλη, καὶ λοξὴ φάλαγξ, καὶ παρεμβολή, ἔτι γε μὴν πρόσταξισ καὶ ἔνταξισ καὶ ὑπόταξισ. (Arrian, chapter 20 5:1)
  • τοῦτο μὲν ὀρθῶσ ἔλεξασ, ὦ Ἄπολλον, ἐπαινέσασ τοὺσ σαφῶσ λέγοντασ, εἰ καὶ μὴ πάνυ ποιεῖσ αὐτὸ σὺ ἐν τοῖσ χρησμοῖσ λοξὸσ ὢν καὶ γριφώδησ καὶ ἐσ τὸ μεταίχμιον ἀσφαλῶσ ἀπορρίπτων τὰ πολλά, ὡσ τοὺσ ἀκούοντασ ἄλλου δεῖσθαι Πυθίου πρὸσ τὴν ἐξήγησιν αὐτῶν. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 28:1)
  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ λοξὸσ κύκλοσ ἐν οὐρανῷ διαφόροισ εἰδώλοισ πεποίκιλται· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 1, 6:2)
  • λοξὸσ δὲ τοῖσ τρισὶ μέσοισ ὁ καλούμενοσ ζῳδιακὸσ ὑποβέβληται, παρεπιψαύων τῶν μέσων τριῶν· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 2, 3:1)
  • ὧδε καὶ ἡβήσειασ ὅλον χρόνον εἰ δέ τισ ἔλθῃ λοξὸσ ἕλιξ ῥυτίδων, τλήσομαι ὡσ φιλέων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 227 1:2)
  • ἄλλωσ δ’ ἐνεργείᾳ καὶ δυνάμει διαφέρει ὧν μὴ ἔστιν ἡ αὐτὴ ὕλη, ὧν <ἐνίων> οὐκ ἔστι τὸ αὐτὸ εἶδοσ ἀλλ’ ἕτερον, ὥσπερ ἀνθρώπου αἴτιον τά τε στοιχεῖα, πῦρ καὶ γῆ ὡσ ὕλη καὶ τὸ ἴδιον εἶδοσ, καὶ ἔτι τι ἄλλο ἔξω οἱο͂ν ὁ πατήρ, καὶ παρὰ ταῦτα ὁ ἥλιοσ καὶ ὁ λοξὸσ κύκλοσ, οὔτε ὕλη ὄντα οὔτ’ εἶδοσ οὔτε στέρησισ οὔτε ὁμοειδὲσ ἀλλὰ κινοῦντα. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 12 46:2)

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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