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λοξός
λοξός
Ancient Greek
Adjective
λοξός • (loxós) m (feminine λοξή, neuter λοξόν); first/second declension
- Not straight: slanting, crosswise, oblique
- To the side: sideways, askance
- (figuratively) mistrustful, suspicious
- (of language) indirect, ambiguous
Inflection
Declension of λοξός; λοξή; λοξόν
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Nominative | λοξός | λοξή | λοξόν | λοξώ | λοξᾱ́ | λοξώ | λοξοί | λοξαί | λοξᾰ́ | ||||
| Genitive | λοξοῦ | λοξῆς | λοξοῦ | λοξοῖν | λοξαῖν | λοξοῖν | λοξῶν | λοξῶν | λοξῶν | ||||
| Dative | λοξῷ | λοξῇ | λοξῷ | λοξοῖν | λοξαῖν | λοξοῖν | λοξοῖς | λοξαῖς | λοξοῖς | ||||
| Accusative | λοξόν | λοξήν | λοξόν | λοξώ | λοξᾱ́ | λοξώ | λοξούς | λοξᾱ́ς | λοξᾰ́ | ||||
| Vocative | λοξέ | λοξή | λοξόν | λοξώ | λοξᾱ́ | λοξώ | λοξοί | λοξαί | λοξᾰ́ | ||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| λοξῶς, λοξόν, λοξά | λοξώτερος | λοξώτᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- (slanting): πλᾰ́γιος (plágios)
Antonyms
- (slanting): ὀρθός (orthós, “at a right angle”)
Derived forms
- λοξόω (loxóō)
- λόξωσις (lóxōsis)
- λοξότης (loxótēs)
References
- λοξός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λοξός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- aslant idem, page 44.
- cross idem, page 185.
- oblique idem, page 566.
- slanting idem, page 782.
- transverse idem, page 890.