-line, E.Fr.382.9; λοξὰ βαίνειν, of a crab, Babr.109.1; λ. ὄφισCall.Epigr.26; ὁ λ. κύκλοσ
the ecliptic
, Arist.Metaph.1071a16, Cleanth.Stoic.1.112, Arat.527, Gem.5.51, Cleom.1.4, Ptol.Alm.1.8 (without κύκλοσPlot.5.8.7); of the milky way, Gem.5.68; τῶν ἀστέρων λ. γίνεται φοράArist.Mete.342a27; λ. δρόμοσDiog.Oen.8; λ. πορείας σχῆμαPlu.Phoc.2; λ. φάλαγξ, a phalanx of which one wing is in advance of the other, Ascl.Tact.10.1, Onos.21.8, Ael.Tact.30.3; λ. ζῴδια, i.e. λοξῶς ἀνατέλλοντα, Heph.Astr.3.1; οἱ λ. μύεσ the
to it, Thphr.Sens.73, cf. Arist.Mu.393b15. Adv. -ξῶς, τὰ λοξὰ [ἐπιδεῖν] Hp.l.c. 2. of suspicious looks, λοξὸν ὄμμασιν βλέπειν τινά look
askance
at one, Anacr.75.1; λοξὸν ὀφθαλμοῖς ὁρᾶνSol.34; ὄμμασι λοξὰ βλέποισαTheoc.20.13; λοξῷ ὄμματι ἰδεῖνA.R.4.475; οὔπω Ζεὺς αὐχένα λοξὸν ἔχει Zeus has not yet turned his neck
aside
, i.e. withdrawn his favour, Tyrt.11.2; but αὐχένα λοξὸν ἔχει, of a slave, as type of dishonesty, Thgn.536: hence metaph.,
mistrustful, suspicious
, in Adv. Comp. -ότερον, ἔχειν πρός τιναPlb.4.86.8. 3. of language,
indirect, ambiguous
, esp. of oracles, Lyc.14, 1467, Luc.Alex.10; λοξὰ ἀποκρίνασθαι Id.
D Deor.
16.1; ἐν τοῖς χρησμοῖς λ., of Apollo, Id.JTr.28. (Cf. λέχριοσ.)
