λοξός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“bend, twist”). Cognates include Latin luxus, Lithuanian lugnas and Old Norse lykna.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lok.sós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lokˈsos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lokˈsos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lokˈsos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lokˈsos/
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
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | λοξός loxós |
λοξή loxḗ |
λοξόν loxón |
λοξώ loxṓ |
λοξᾱ́ loxā́ |
λοξώ loxṓ |
λοξοί loxoí |
λοξαί loxaí |
λοξᾰ́ loxá | |||||
| Genitive | λοξοῦ loxoû |
λοξῆς loxês |
λοξοῦ loxoû |
λοξοῖν loxoîn |
λοξαῖν loxaîn |
λοξοῖν loxoîn |
λοξῶν loxôn |
λοξῶν loxôn |
λοξῶν loxôn | |||||
| Dative | λοξῷ loxôi |
λοξῇ loxêi |
λοξῷ loxôi |
λοξοῖν loxoîn |
λοξαῖν loxaîn |
λοξοῖν loxoîn |
λοξοῖς loxoîs |
λοξαῖς loxaîs |
λοξοῖς loxoîs | |||||
| Accusative | λοξόν loxón |
λοξήν loxḗn |
λοξόν loxón |
λοξώ loxṓ |
λοξᾱ́ loxā́ |
λοξώ loxṓ |
λοξούς loxoús |
λοξᾱ́ς loxā́s |
λοξᾰ́ loxá | |||||
| Vocative | λοξέ loxé |
λοξή loxḗ |
λοξόν loxón |
λοξώ loxṓ |
λοξᾱ́ loxā́ |
λοξώ loxṓ |
λοξοί loxoí |
λοξαί loxaí |
λοξᾰ́ loxá | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| λοξῶς / λοξόν / λοξά loxôs / loxón / loxá |
λοξώτερος loxṓteros |
λοξώτᾰτος loxṓtatos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, 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.
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