Λοξά

crooked [things]

Translated by Nick Nicholas23 Jun 2009Vetting: high2 revisions

9 words

[Meaning ones that are] bent, curved, not formed straightfowardly.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λοξά· σκολιά, καμπύλα, οὐκ ἐξ εὐθείας γινόμενα.

Betacode

*loca/: skolia/, kampu/la, ou)k e)c eu)qei/as gino/mena.

Notes

Same entry elsewhere: see the references at Photius lambda396 Theodoridis.
For the headword adjective cf. lambda 672 (and see also lambda 673). In the present entry it is cited in the neuter plural form, evidently quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Apollonius Rhodius (Argonautica 2.665 and 3.445), Theocritus (Idylls 20.13), and Lucian.

Linked from1 entry

λ672Λοξὴ φάλαγξcrooked battle-line, crooked phalanx[Meaning] that in which one wing, whichever is preferred, is close to the enemy and is where the battle is conducted, while the other [wing] is held off in reserve at a distance; a right [crooked phalanx] has the right…

Neighbouring entries

λ669ΛόλλαιLollai, Lollae λ670ΛολλιανόςLollianos, Lollianus λ671Λοξάcrooked [things]λ672Λοξὴ φάλαγξcrooked battle-line, crooked phalanx λ673ΛοξίαςLoxias

Revision history2 revisions · last 22 Apr 2013

22 Apr 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
23 Jun 2009augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Jun 2009Translated — Nick Nicholas