obliquus

See also: Obliquus

English

Etymology

Latin oblīquus

Noun

obliquus (plural obliqui)

1. (anatomy) An obliquus muscle; a muscle running obliquely.

Related terms

• obliquus capitis inferior muscle

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Latin

Alternative forms

• oblīcus

Etymology

Perhaps from ob- (“against”) +‎ licinus (“bent upward”), from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to bend, to be movable.” However, de Vaan finds no credible Indo-European source and assigns no known etymology.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈliː.kʷus/, [ɔbˈlʲiːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈli.kwus/, [obˈliːkwus]

Adjective

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

1. sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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

• oblīquē
• oblīquitās
• oblīquō
• oblīquoloquus

Related terms

• oblīquātiō

Descendants

• Catalan: oblic
• English: oblique
• French: oblique
• Galician: oblicuo
• Italian: obliquo, bieco
• Portuguese: oblíquo
• Romanian: oblic
• Spanish: oblicuo

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^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • in an oblique direction; sideways: in obliquum