obliquus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

oblīquus or oblīcus adj.

2 LAC-, sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique, crosswise : motus corporis: obliquo claudicare pede, O.: iter, Cs.: chordae, i. e. of the triangular harp , Iu.: ictus, H.: obliquo dente timendus aper, O.: (serpentem) obliquum rota transit, V.: obliquo oculo alqd limare, a sidelong glance , H.: ab obliquo, sideways , O.—Fig., looking askance : invidia, V.— Indirect, covert : insectatio, Ta.

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