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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[bent to the side]], [[slanting]], [[oblique]], metaph. [[ambiguous]] (IA.).<br />Compounds: late compp., e.g. <b class="b3">λοξο-κέλευθος</b> [[with oblique paths]] (Nonn.), <b class="b3">παρά-λοξος</b> [[slanting]], [[oblique]] (Sor.; cf. <b class="b3">παρα-λοξαίνομαι</b> below).<br />Derivatives: [[Λοξίας]], ion. <b class="b3">-ίης</b> m. surn. of Apollon as prophesying god (B., Hdt., trag.), also of the ecliptic (astr.; cf. v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 256), [[Λοξώ]] f. daughter of Boreas (Call., Nonn., EM 641, 57). - <b class="b3">λοξικὸς κύκλος</b> [[the ecliptic]] (astr.), [[λοξότης]] [[obliquity]], [[ambiguity]] (Str., Plu.). - Denomin. verbs: [[λοξόομαι]], <b class="b3">-όω</b>, also with <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπο-</b>, [[be]], [[make oblique]], [[look aslant]] (Sophr., Hp., Herod.) with [[λόξωσις]] <b class="b2">inclination, obliquity (of the ecliptic)</b> (Epicur., Str.); (<b class="b3">δια-)λοξεύω</b> [[make aslant]], [[ambiguous]] (Lib.) with [[λοξεύματα]] pl. [[obliquities]] (Man.); <b class="b3">παρα-λοξαίνομαι</b> [[be made obliquely]] (Hp.),<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: There are several adj. with comparable meaning with <b class="b3">σο-</b>suffix: [[γαυσός]], [[καμψός]], [[φοξός]], [[ῥυσός]] etc. (Schwyzer 516, Chantraine Form. 434, Specht Ursprung 199ff.). Connection with [[λέχριος]], and to [[λεκροί]] (s. [[Λοκροί]]) seems very probable, but as with so many of these adj. the exact formation cannot be determined; the [[o]] -vowel speaks for a nominal basis. Further connections are not very clear, e.g. the supposed relation with [[λέκος]], [[λεκάνη]] [[trough]], [[dish]], Lat. [[lanx]] (mean.!). Semantically closer comes Lat. [[licinus]] [[upside bent]]; quite hypothetical the Gaul. PN [[Lexovii]], [[Lixovii]]; from Celtic one adduces Welsh [[llechwedd]] [[declivity]], [[slope]]. Further there are expressions for elbow, arm and other (crooked) body-parts with initial vowel, e.g. Lith. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[bent to the side]], [[slanting]], [[oblique]], metaph. [[ambiguous]] (IA.).<br />Compounds: late compp., e.g. <b class="b3">λοξο-κέλευθος</b> [[with oblique paths]] (Nonn.), <b class="b3">παρά-λοξος</b> [[slanting]], [[oblique]] (Sor.; cf. <b class="b3">παρα-λοξαίνομαι</b> below).<br />Derivatives: [[Λοξίας]], ion. <b class="b3">-ίης</b> m. surn. of Apollon as prophesying god (B., Hdt., trag.), also of the ecliptic (astr.; cf. v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 256), [[Λοξώ]] f. daughter of Boreas (Call., Nonn., EM 641, 57). - <b class="b3">λοξικὸς κύκλος</b> [[the ecliptic]] (astr.), [[λοξότης]] [[obliquity]], [[ambiguity]] (Str., Plu.). - Denomin. verbs: [[λοξόομαι]], <b class="b3">-όω</b>, also with <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπο-</b>, [[be]], [[make oblique]], [[look aslant]] (Sophr., Hp., Herod.) with [[λόξωσις]] <b class="b2">inclination, obliquity (of the ecliptic)</b> (Epicur., Str.); (<b class="b3">δια-)λοξεύω</b> [[make aslant]], [[ambiguous]] (Lib.) with [[λοξεύματα]] pl. [[obliquities]] (Man.); <b class="b3">παρα-λοξαίνομαι</b> [[be made obliquely]] (Hp.),<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: There are several adj. with comparable meaning with <b class="b3">σο-</b>suffix: [[γαυσός]], [[καμψός]], [[φοξός]], [[ῥυσός]] etc. (Schwyzer 516, Chantraine Form. 434, Specht Ursprung 199ff.). Connection with [[λέχριος]], and to [[λεκροί]] (s. [[Λοκροί]]) seems very probable, but as with so many of these adj. the exact formation cannot be determined; the [[o]] -vowel speaks for a nominal basis. Further connections are not very clear, e.g. the supposed relation with [[λέκος]], [[λεκάνη]] [[trough]], [[dish]], Lat. [[lanx]] (mean.!). Semantically closer comes Lat. [[licinus]] [[upside bent]]; quite hypothetical the Gaul. PN [[Lexovii]], [[Lixovii]]; from Celtic one adduces Welsh [[llechwedd]] [[declivity]], [[slope]]. Further there are expressions for elbow, arm and other (crooked) body-parts with initial vowel, e.g. Lith. [[alkúne]] [[elbow]], Russ. [[lókotь]] <b class="b2">el(bow)</b> (PSlav. <b class="b2">*olkъt-</b>), Arm. <b class="b2">olok`</b> [[shin-bone]]. - If one cuts off the k and adds (without motivation) [[ei]] (IE [[el-ei-]], [[l-ei-]] [[bend]]) one is helpless lost "in the etymological marsh", s. WP. 1, 156ff., Pok. 307ff., W.-Hofmann s. [[lacertus]], [[lanx]], [[valgus]]. So nothing remotely probable. | ||
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