To crooke: to cause to go or stand crooked, or awrie. Ensem obliquat in latus. Ouid. Equos pauentes obliquauit. Stat. He turned aside. Preces obliquare. Statius. To vse craftie desiring a farre of as though he did not intreate. Visus superbos obliquat. Stat. He looked aside prowdely.

Crooked: awrie: contrarie to straite: ouerthwart. Carmen obliquum. Vide CARMEN. Cursus obliqui. Ouid. Dente obliquo timendus aper. Ouid. Crooked tuske. Obliquus ictus. Plin. An ouerthwart or crosse stroke. Latus obliquum. Ouid. Lumine obliquo cernere aliquem. Ouid. To looke trauers or awrie vpon one. Oculo obliquo limare commoda alicuius. Horat. Obliquis ordinibus in quincuncem dispositis. Cæsar. The rewes or raunges of trees being so exactly set in order that which way soeuer one looke they stande one against an other. Vide QVINCVNX. Pede obliquo claudicare. Ouid. Obliqua radice arbor & imitante auium pedes. Plin. Riuus obliquus. Horat. Obliquorum litorum spatium. Plin. Obliqua via. A crosse path. Natant obliqui in caput. Plin. Id est transuersi. Flexus in obliquum. Plin. Bent crookedwise. Sectus in obliquum estlimes. Ouid.

I. Lit.: oculos, Ov. M. 7, 412: visus, Stat. Ach. 1, 323: equos, id. Th. 12, 749: pedes, Sen. Ep. 121, 8: crinem, to draw back, Tac. G. 38: in latus ensem, Ov. M. 12, 485: sinus (velorum) in ventum, to turn obliquely to the wind, veer to the wind, Verg. A. 5, 16.—

II. Trop.: obliquat preces, makes, utters indirectly, i. e. dissemblingly, Stat. Th. 3, 381: responsa, Arn. 3, 143: Q (littera), cujus similis (litterae K) effectu specieque nisi quod paulum a nostris obliquatur, i. e. is pronounced somewhat softer, Quint. 1, 4, 9.

I. Lit.: motus corporis, pronus, obliquus, supinus, Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120: hos partim obliquos, partim aversos, partim etiam adversos stare vobis, on one side of you, sideways, id. Rep. 6, 19, 20: obliquo claudicare pede, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 20: sublicae, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: ordines, id. ib. 7, 73: iter, id. B. C. 1, 70: obliquam facere imaginem, a side-likeness, profile, Plin. 35, 10, 36, 90: chordae, i. e. of the triangular harp, Juv. 3, 64: verris obliquum meditantis ictum Sanguine donare, Hor. C. 3, 22, 7: obliquo dente timendus aper, Ov. H. 4, 104: rex aquarum cursibus obliquis fluens, id. M. 9, 18: radix, id. ib. 10, 491: obliquo capite speculari, Plin. 8, 24, 36, 88: non istic obliquo oculo mea commoda quisquam Limat, with a sidelong glance, an envious look, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37: non obliquis oculis sed circumacto capite cernere, Plin. 11, 37, 55, 151: obliquoque notat Proserpina vultu, Stat. S. 2, 6, 102.— Adverbial phrases: ab obliquo, ex obliquo, per obliquum, in obliquum, obliquum, from the side, sideways, not straight on: ab obliquo, Ov. R. Am. 121: nec supra ipsum nec infra, sed ex obliquo, Plin. 2, 31, 31, 99: serpens per obliquum similis sagittae Terruit mannos, Hor. C. 3, 27, 6: cancri in obliquom aspiciunt, Plin. 11, 37, 55, 152: obliquum, obliquely, askance: oculis obliquum respiciens, App. M. 3, p. 140.—Comp.: quia positio signiferi circa media sui obliquior est, Plin. 2, 77, 79, 188.—

II. Fig.

A. Of relationship, not direct, collateral (poet. and late Lat.): obliquum a patre genus, i. e. not born of the same mother with myself, Stat. Th. 5, 221: obliquo maculat qui sanguine regnum, by collateral consanguinity, Luc. 8, 286; cf.: tertio gradu veniunt ... ex obliquo fratris sororisque filius, Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 3.—

B. Of speech.

1. Indirect, covert: obliquis orationibus carpere aliquem, Suet. Dom. 2: insectatio, Tac. A. 14, 11: dicta, Aur. Vict. Epit. 9: verba, Amm. 15, 5, 4.—

2. In a bad sense, envious, hostile (post-class.): Cato adversus potentes semper obliquus, Flor. 4, 2, 9.—

3. In gram.

a. Obliquus casus, an oblique case (i. e. all the cases except the nom. and voc.), opp. rectus: alia casus habent et rectos et obliquos, Varr. L. L. 8, 49 Müll.—

b. Obliqua oratio, indirect speech: apud historicos reperiuntur obliquae allocutiones, ut in T. Livii primo statim libro (c. 9): urbes quoque, ut cetera, ex infimo nasci; deinde, etc., Quint. 9, 2, 37: oratio, Just. 38, 3, 11.— Hence, adv.: oblīquē, sideways, athwart, obliquely.

A. Lit. (class.): quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: sublicae oblique agebantur, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 9: procedere. Plin. 9, 30, 50, 95: situs signifer, id. 2, 15, 13, 63.—

B. Trop., indirectly, covertly (post-Aug.): aliquem castigare, Tac. A. 3, 35: perstringere aliquem, id. ib. 5, 2: admonere, Gell. 3, 2, 16: agere, id. 7, 17, 4.