λοξός

λοξ-ός, ή, όν,

• 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. 24 Pf.; 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Theoc. 20.13; λοξῷ ὄμματι ἰδεῖν A.R. 4.475; οὔπω Ζεὺς αὐχένα λοξὸν ἔχει Zeus has not yet turned his neck aside, i.e. withdrawn his favour, Tyrt. 11.2; but αὐχένα λοξὸν ἔχει, of a slave, as type of dishonesty, Thgn. 536: hence metaph., mistrustful, suspicious, in Adv.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. 18[16].1; ἐν τοῖς χρησμοῖς λ., of Apollo, Id. JTr. 28. (Cf. λέχριος.)

λοξός -ή -όν [cf. OCS lakŭtĭ, Lith. alkúnė?]
🄰 oblique, inclined Hp. Off. 11 Plut. Phoc. 2.6 Geop. 5.21.1 etc.; τῶν ἀστέρων λοξὴ γίνεται φορά the movement of the stars is oblique Aristot. Meteor. 342a 27; ὁ λ. κύκλος the ecliptic Aristot. Metaph. 1071a 16; λοξῇ τῇ θέσει πρός τι at an acute angle to sthg. Thphr. Sens. 73; φάλαγξ phalanx arranged with one wing in advance of the other Onasan. 21.8 | fig. of the gaze sideways, hence hostile, baleful: λοξῷ ὄμματι ἰδεῖν to look with baleful eyes Ap. 4.475 = δέρκεσθαι λοξαῖς κόραις Antip.² (AP 7.531.6) | adv. λοξόν: λοξὸν ὀφθαλμοῖσ’ ὁρᾶν to look at balefully Sol. 23.17 = λ. ὑποβλέπειν Aristaen. 1.27 = ὄμμασι λοξὰ βλέπειν Theocr. 20.13 ‖ furtive: ὄμματα … λοξὰ παρὰ λιπαρὴν θηεῖτο καλύπτρην she watched, furtively glancing from beneath her splendid veil Ap. 3.445

🄱 fig. of the neck slanting, turned elsewhere, hence unfavorable, indifferent: οὔπω Ζεὺς αὐχένα λοξὸν ἔχει not yet does hostile Zeus turn his neck elsewhere Tyrt. 11.2 ‖ treacherous: δουλείη κεφαλὴ αὐχένα λοξὸν ἔχει a slaveʼs head does not have a straight neck Thgn. 536

🄲 fig. of language ambiguous, equivocal, obcure, particularly of oracles Lyc. 14, 1467; λοξοὺς χρησμοὺς συγγράφων to write ambiguous oracles Luc. Alex. 10 etc.; λοξά … ἀποκρινόμενος giving ambiguous responses Luc. DDeor. 18.1 ◆ adv. λοξῶς obliquely, sideways Hp. Off. 11 | fig. πρὸς δὲ τὸν Ἀπελλῆν λοξότερον εἶχε he was less well-disposed with regard to Apelles Pol. 4.86.8 (compar.).

λοξός, (vgl. luxus, luxatus), seitwärts gebogen, schief, schräg ; κύκλος, der schräge Kreis, von der Ekliptik, Procl., wie πορείας σχῆμα Plut. Phoc. 2 u. DS. 1.98 ; – λοξὸν od. λοξὰ βλέπειν, ὀπιπτεύειν, von der Seite, scheel sehen, sowohl von Neid u. Argwohn, Sol. bei Plut. Sol. 16, als von verstohlenen, buhlerischen Blicken, Theocr. 20.13 ; Anacr. 62.2 ; Mus. 101 u. a.Sp.; λοξότερον ἔχειν πρός τινα, mißtrauischer gegen Jem. sein. Pol. 4.86.8 ; λοξῷ ὄμματι ἰδεῖν, Ap.Rh. 4.476. – Uebertr., Ζεὺς αὐχένα λοξὸν ἔχει, Zeus hat den Nacken seitwärts gebogen, seine Huld entzogen, Tyrt. 2.2 ; anders Theogn. 535, οὔ ποτε δουλείη κεφαλὴ ἰθεῖα πέφυκεν, ἀλλʼ αἰεὶ σκολιή, αὐχένα λοξὸν ἔχει, der Sklave hat immer einen krummen Nacken. – Auch von der Rede, Umschweife machend, dunkel, bes. von Orakelsprüchen, χρησμός, dem διττὸς καὶ ἀμφίβολος entsprechend, Luc. Alex. 10 ; μῦθος, Lycophr. 1467 ; λοξὰ ἀποκρινόμενος, Luc. D.D. 16.1. Vgl. σκολιός.

λοξός, ή, όν

• • • 1slanting, crosswise, aslant, Lat. obliquus, Eur.; λοξὰ βαίνειν, of a crab, Babr.; ὁ λοξὸς κύκλος the ecliptic, Arist.
    • 2of 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.
    • 3of language, indirect, ambiguous, of oracles, Luc.