λοξός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown,[1] but generally related by Celticists to Proto-Celtic *loskos (“crippled”).[2]
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 loxắ | |||||
| Genitive | λοξοῦ loxoû |
λοξῆς loxês |
λοξοῦ loxoû |
λοξοῖν loxoîn |
λοξαῖν loxaîn |
λοξοῖν loxoîn |
λοξῶν loxôn |
λοξῶν loxôn |
λοξῶν loxôn | |||||
| Dative | λοξῷ loxōî |
λοξῇ loxēî |
λοξῷ loxōî |
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 loxắ | |||||
| Vocative | λοξέ loxé |
λοξή loxḗ |
λοξόν loxón |
λοξώ loxṓ |
λοξᾱ́ loxā́ |
λοξώ loxṓ |
λοξοί loxoí |
λοξαί loxaí |
λοξᾰ́ loxắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| λοξῶς / λοξόν / λοξά loxôs / loxón / loxá |
λοξώτερος loxṓteros |
λοξώτᾰτος loxṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “slanting”): ὀρθός (orthós, “at a right angle”)
Derived terms
- λοξόω (loxóō)
- λόξωσις (lóxōsis)
- λοξότης (loxótēs)
Descendants
- Greek: λοξός (loxós)
- → Hebrew: אֲלָכְסוֹן (alakhsón) (from the neuter singular)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 871
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “loxso-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 209
Further reading
- “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[1], 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.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loˈksos/
- Hyphenation: λο‧ξός
Adjective
λοξός • (loxós) m (feminine λοξή, neuter λοξό)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | λοξός (loxós) | λοξή (loxí) | λοξό (loxó) | λοξοί (loxoí) | λοξές (loxés) | λοξά (loxá) | |
| genitive | λοξού (loxoú) | λοξής (loxís) | λοξού (loxoú) | λοξών (loxón) | λοξών (loxón) | λοξών (loxón) | |
| accusative | λοξό (loxó) | λοξή (loxí) | λοξό (loxó) | λοξούς (loxoús) | λοξές (loxés) | λοξά (loxá) | |
| vocative | λοξέ (loxé) | λοξή (loxí) | λοξό (loxó) | λοξοί (loxoí) | λοξές (loxés) | λοξά (loxá) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο λοξός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λοξός, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο λοξότερος", etc) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Related terms
- λοξδρομία f (loxdromía, “rhumb, loxodrome”)
- λοξοδρόμηση f (loxodrómisi, “detour”)
- λοξοδρόμισμα n (loxodrómisma, “detour”)
- λοξοδρομώ (loxodromó, “I detour”)
- λοξοκοίταγμα n (loxokoítagma)
- λοξοκοιτάζω (loxokoitázo), λοξοκοιτάω (loxokoitáo), λοξοκοιτώ (loxokoitó)
- λοξότητα f (loxótita, “obliquity”)
References
- λοξός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- Stavropoulos, D N (2008) G N Stavropoulos, editor, Oxford Greek-English Learner's Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press