# λοξός
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

Unknown, but generally related by Celticists to Proto-Celtic *loskos (“crippled”).

### Pronunciation

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

#### 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)

### 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, 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: /loˈksos/
* Hyphenation: λο‧ξός

### Adjective

λοξός • (loxós) m (feminine λοξή, neuter λοξό)
* slanting; sloping; oblique
* screwy; odd

#### Declension

Derivations: Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο λοξός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λοξός, etc.)
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 (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