λοξός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“bend, twist”). Cognates include Latin luxus, Sanskrit रुग्ण (rugṇá), Lithuanian lugnas and Old Norse lykna.
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
First and second declension of λοξός; λοξή; λοξόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 loxá | |||||
Genitive | λοξοῦ loxoû | λοξῆς loxês | λοξοῦ loxoû | λοξοῖν loxoîn | λοξαῖν loxaîn | λοξοῖν loxoîn | λοξῶν loxôn | λοξῶν loxôn | λοξῶν loxôn | |||||
Dative | λοξῷ loxôi | λοξῇ loxêi | λοξῷ loxôi | 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 loxá | |||||
Vocative | λοξέ loxé | λοξή loxḗ | λοξόν loxón | λοξώ loxṓ | λοξᾱ́ loxā́ | λοξώ loxṓ | λοξοί loxoí | λοξαί loxaí | λοξᾰ́ loxá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
λοξῶς / λοξόν / λοξά loxôs / loxón / loxá | λοξώτερος loxṓteros | λοξώτᾰτος loxṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (slanting): δοχμός (dokhmós), πλᾰ́γιος (plágios)
Antonyms
- (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
- “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, 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)
- slanting; sloping; oblique
- screwy; odd
Declension
Declension of λοξός
number case \\ gender | singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | λοξός • | λοξή • | λοξό • | λοξοί • | λοξές • | λοξά • |
genitive | λοξού • | λοξής • | λοξού • | λοξών • | λοξών • | λοξών • |
accusative | λοξό • | λοξή • | λοξό • | λοξούς • | λοξές • | λοξά • |
vocative | λοξέ • | λοξή • | λοξό • | λοξοί • | λοξές • | λοξά • |
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 | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | λοξότερος • | λοξότερη • | λοξότερο • | λοξότεροι • | λοξότερες • | λοξότερα • |
genitive | λοξότερου • | λοξότερης • | λοξότερου • | λοξότερων • | λοξότερων • | λοξότερων • |
accusative | λοξότερο • | λοξότερη • | λοξότερο • | λοξότερους • | λοξότερες • | λοξότερα • |
vocative | λοξότερε • | λοξότερη • | λοξότερο • | λοξότεροι • | λοξότερες • | λοξότερα • |
derivations | relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο λοξότερος", etc) |
Related terms
- λοξοδρόμηση f (loxodrómisi, “detour”)
- λοξδρομία f (loxdromía, “rhumb, loxodrome”)
- λοξοδρόμισμα n (loxodrómisma, “detour”)
- λοξοδρομώ (loxodromó, “I detour”)
- λοξοκοίταγμα n (loxokoítagma)
- λοξοκοιτάζω (loxokoitázo), λοξοκοιτάω (loxokoitáo) / λοξοκοιτώ (loxokoitó)
- λοξότητα f (loxótita, “obliquity”)
References
- λοξός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- Stavropoulos, D N (2008), G N Stavropoulos, editor, Oxford Greek-English Learner's Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press