λοξός
λοξ-ός,
ή,
όν,
A). slanting, crosswise,
Hp. Off. 11 ;
λοξή (sc.
γραμμή),
ἡ, a
cross-line,
E. Fr. 382.9 ;
λοξὰ βαίνειν, of a crab,
Babr. 109.1 ;
λ. ὄφις Call. Epigr. 26 ;
ὁ λ. κύκλος the ecliptic,
Arist. Metaph. 1071a16 ,
Cleanth.Stoic. 1.112 ,
Arat. 527 ,
Gem. 5.51 ,
Cleom. 1.4 ,
Ptol. Alm. 1.8 (without
κύκλος Plot. 5.8.7 ); of the milky way,
Gem. 5.68 ;
τῶν ἀστέρων λ. γίνεται φορά Arist. Mete. 342a27 ;
λ. δρόμος Diog.Oen. 8 ;
λ. πορείας σχῆμα Plu. Phoc. 2 ;
λ. φάλαγξ, a phalanx of which one wing is in advance of the other,
Ascl. Tact. 10.1 ,
Onos. 21.8 ,
Ael. Tact. 30.3 ;
λ. ζῴδια, i.e.
λοξῶς ἀνατέλλοντα,
Heph.Astr. 3.1 ;
οἱ λ. μύες the
oblique abdominal muscles,
Gal. 2.518 , al.;
λ. τῇ θέσει πρός τι at an acute angle to it,
Thphr. Sens. 73 , cf.
Arist. Mu. 393b15 . Adv.-
ξῶς, τὰ λοξὰ [ἐπιδεῖν] Hp.l.c.
2). of suspicious looks,
λοξὸν ὄμμασιν βλέπειν τινά look
askance at one,
Anacr. 75.1 ;
λοξὸν ὀφθαλμοῖς ὁρᾶν Sol. 34 ;
ὄμμασι λοξὰ βλέποισα Theoc. 20.13 ;
λοξῷ ὄμματι ἰδεῖν A.R. 4.475 ;
οὔπω Ζεὺς αὐχένα λοξὸν ἔχει Zeus has not yet turned his neck
aside, i.e. withdrawn his favour,
Tyrt. 11.2 ; but
αὐχένα λοξὸν ἔχει, of a slave, as type of dishonesty,
Thgn. 536 : hence metaph.,
mistrustful, suspicious, in Adv. Comp.-
ότερον , ἔχειν πρός τινα Plb. 4.86.8 .
3). of language,
indirect, ambiguous, esp. of oracles,
Lyc. 14 ,
1467 ,
Luc. Alex. 10 ;
λοξὰ ἀποκρίνασθαι Id.
D Deor. 16.1 ;
ἐν τοῖς χρησμοῖς λ., of Apollo,
Id. JTr. 28 . (Cf.
λέχριος.)
ShortDef
slanting, crosswise, aslant
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Headword (normalized):
λοξός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
λοξος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λοξ-ός</span>, <span class="itype greek">ή</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">slanting, crosswise</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg008.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg008.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Off.</span> 11 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">λοξή</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">γραμμή</span>), <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cross</span>-line, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 382.9 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">λοξὰ βαίνειν</span>, of a crab, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0614.tlg001:109:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0614.tlg001:109.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Babr.</span> 109.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λ. ὄφις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg003.perseus-grc1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg003.perseus-grc1:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.</span> 26 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ λ. κύκλος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the ecliptic</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1071a:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1071a.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1071a16 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1269.tlg001:1:112" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1269.tlg001:1.112/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cleanth.Stoic.</span> 1.112 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:527" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:527/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 527 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1383.tlg001:5:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1383.tlg001:5.51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gem.</span> 5.51 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1272.tlg001:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1272.tlg001:1.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cleom.</span> 1.4 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ptol.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alm.</span> 1.8 </span> (without <span class="quote greek">κύκλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:5:8:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:5:8:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plot.</span> 5.8.7 </a> ); of the milky way, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1383.tlg001:5:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1383.tlg001:5.68/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gem.</span> 5.68 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῶν ἀστέρων λ. γίνεται φορά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:342a:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:342a.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 342a27 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λ. δρόμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1321.tlg001:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1321.tlg001:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diog.Oen.</span> 8 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λ. πορείας σχῆμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg049:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg049:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phoc.</span> 2 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λ. φάλαγξ</span>, a phalanx of which one wing is in advance of the other, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ascl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 10.1 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0648.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0648.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Onos.</span> 21.8 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0546.tlg001:30:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0546.tlg001:30.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 30.3 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">λ. ζῴδια</span>, i.e. <span class="foreign greek">λοξῶς ἀνατέλλοντα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2043.tlg001:3:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2043.tlg001:3.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heph.Astr.</span> 3.1 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ λ. μύες</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">oblique</span> abdominal muscles, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 2.518 </span>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">λ. τῇ θέσει πρός τι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at an acute angle</span> to it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg003:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg003:73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sens.</span> 73 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:393b:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:393b.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 393b15 </a>. Adv.-<span class="foreign greek">ξῶς, τὰ λοξὰ [ἐπιδεῖν</span>] Hp.l.c. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of suspicious looks, <span class="foreign greek">λοξὸν ὄμμασιν βλέπειν τινά</span> look <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">askance</span> at one, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:75:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:75.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anacr.</span> 75.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λοξὸν ὀφθαλμοῖς ὁρᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sol.</span> 34 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὄμμασι λοξὰ βλέποισα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 20.13 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λοξῷ ὄμματι ἰδεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:475" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.475/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 4.475 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὔπω Ζεὺς αὐχένα λοξὸν ἔχει</span> Zeus has not yet turned his neck <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">aside</span>, i.e. withdrawn his favour, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0266.tlg001:11:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0266.tlg001:11.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Tyrt.</span> 11.2 </a>; but <span class="foreign greek">αὐχένα λοξὸν ἔχει</span>, of a slave, as type of dishonesty, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 536 </span>: hence metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mistrustful, suspicious</span>, in Adv. Comp.-<span class="itype greek">ότερον</span> <span class="quote greek">, ἔχειν πρός τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:86:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:86:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 4.86.8 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of language, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">indirect, ambiguous</span>, esp. of oracles, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lyc.</span> 14 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 1467 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alex.</span> 10 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">λοξὰ ἀποκρίνασθαι</span> Id.<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">D Deor.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:16:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:16.1/canonical-url/"> 16.1 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν τοῖς χρησμοῖς λ.</span>, of Apollo, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg018:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg018:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">JTr.</span> 28 </a>. (Cf. <span class="foreign greek">λέχριος</span>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}