Λοξίας: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, Ion. [[Λοξίης]], εω, ὁ, epith. of [[Apollo]], <span class="bibl">B.12.148</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.91</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>19</span>,al., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>410</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1047</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>8</span>, etc.; expld. because the Sun traverses the ecliptic (cf. II), <span class="bibl">Cleanth.Stoic.1.123</span>; or from Apollo's '[[crooked]]', i.e. [[ambiguous]], [[oracle]]s (cf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> λοξός <span class="bibl">3</span>), <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span> 32</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> ([[λοξός]]) [[the zodiac]] or [[ecliptic]], from its [[obliquity]] to the [[equator]], Anon.<span class="title">Intr.Arat.</span>p.96 M.</span>