(verb) : oblīquo, āvi, ātum, 1, obliquus
* To turn, bend, or twist aside, awry, or in an oblique direction (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* 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.
* 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.

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