obliquus

See also: Obliquus

English

Noun

obliquus (plural obliqui)

  1. (anatomy) an obliquus muscle; a muscle running obliquely
  • obliquus capitis inferior muscle

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈbliː.kʷus/, [ɔˈbliː.kʷʊs]

Adjective

oblīquus (feminine oblīqua, neuter oblīquum); first/second declension

  1. sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative oblīquus oblīqua oblīquum oblīquī oblīquae oblīqua
genitive oblīquī oblīquae oblīquī oblīquōrum oblīquārum oblīquōrum
dative oblīquō oblīquō oblīquīs
accusative oblīquum oblīquam oblīquum oblīquōs oblīquās oblīqua
ablative oblīquō oblīquā oblīquō oblīquīs
vocative oblīque oblīqua oblīquum oblīquī oblīquae oblīqua

Derived terms

  • oblīquātiō

Descendants

References

  • obliquus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obliquus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obliquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • in an oblique direction; sideways: in obliquum
  1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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