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                    "description": "(adj.adv.) : oblīquus (oblīcus, v. Orthogr. Vergl. p. 449 Wagner), a, um, adj. ob and liquus; root lek-; Gr. λέχριος, λέχρις, slantwise (cf.: λοξός, Λοξίας); Lat. licinus, limus, luxus, luxare\n* Sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique (freq. and class.; cf.: transversus, imus).\n* 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.\n* Fig.\n* 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.\n* Of speech.\n* Indirect, covert: obliquis orationibus carpere aliquem,Suet. Dom. 2: insectatio,Tac. A. 14, 11: dicta,Aur. Vict. Epit. 9: verba,Amm. 15, 5, 4.\n* 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.\n* 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.\n* 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.\n* 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."
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