λοξός
λοξός
.λοξός, ή, όν
slanting, crosswise, aslant, Lat. obliquus, Eur.; λοξὰ βαίνειν, of a crab, Babr.; ὁ λοξὸς κύκλος the ecliptic, Arist.
of suspicious looks, λοξὸν ὁρᾶν to look askance, Lat. limis oculis, Solon.; λοξὰ βλ. Theocr.; αὐχένα λοξὸν ἔχειν to turn the neck aside, i. e. withdraw his favour, Tyrtae.; also = Horaceʼs stare capite obstipo, Theogn.
of language, indirect, ambiguous, of oracles, Luc.