λοξός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown, but generally related by Celticists to Proto-Celtic *loskos (“crippled”). According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bow”), see also Proto-Celtic *olīnā (“angle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lok.sós/ → /lokˈsos/ → /lokˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lok.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lokˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lokˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lokˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lokˈsos/

Adjective

λοξός • (loxós) m (feminine λοξή, neuter λοξόν); first/second declension

1. Not straight: slanting, crosswise, oblique
2. To the side: sideways, askance
3. (figuratively) mistrustful, suspicious
4. (of language) indirect, ambiguous

Inflection

First and second declension of λοξός; λοξή; λοξόν (Attic)

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:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (slanting): δοχμός (dokhmós), πλᾰ́γιος (plắgios)

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)

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)

1. slanting; sloping; oblique
2. screwy; odd

Declension

Declension of λοξός

	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.)

Degrees of comparison by suffixation

comparative (?) singular plural masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter nominative λοξότερος (loxóteros) λοξότερη (loxóteri) λοξότερο (loxótero) λοξότεροι (loxóteroi) λοξότερες (loxóteres) λοξότερα (loxótera) genitive λοξότερου (loxóterou) λοξότερης (loxóteris) λοξότερου (loxóterou) λοξότερων (loxóteron) λοξότερων (loxóteron) λοξότερων (loxóteron) accusative λοξότερο (loxótero) λοξότερη (loxóteri) λοξότερο (loxótero) λοξότερους (loxóterous) λοξότερες (loxóteres) λοξότερα (loxótera) vocative λοξότερε (loxótere) λοξότερη (loxóteri) λοξότερο (loxótero) λοξότεροι (loxóteroi) λοξότερες (loxóteres) λοξότερα (loxótera) Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms: e.g. ο λοξότερος (o loxóteros), 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