obliquo Latin · revision 34388

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil|origins=la oblīquus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔbˈliː.kʷoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [obˈliː.kʷo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oblīquō''' (present infinitive oblīquāre, perfect active oblīquāvī, supine oblīquātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|oblīquus|-ō|t1=slanting, sideways]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan, who records the adjective from Cato on, calls its etymology unknown: the closest words in form and meaning are [[m|la|līmus#2|t=transverse]] and [[m|la|sublīmis]], but he finds no convincing common root for them and no clear connections outside Italic.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest example is in Virgil (70–19 BC), who uses it of setting the sails at an angle to the wind (''obliquat sinus in ventum''), that is, of tacking.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to turn something aside or set it at a slant.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid uses it of turning a sword into an opponent's side and of Cerberus turning his eyes away from the daylight;^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Seneca of animals moving their feet sideways and of mirrors that distort the faces of those who look into them;^(OLD 2012) Lucan of diverting the course of rivers;^(OLD 2012) Tacitus of combing the hair aside and tying it in a knot, the mark of a people;^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) and Quintilian of a letter whose sound is slightly modified.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) L&S note that it is poetic and post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively Statius uses it of putting prayers indirectly, and Arnobius has it of answers.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) The noun [[oblīquātiō]] is formed from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of setting the sails at an angle to the wind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–AD 18 – Ovid uses it of turning a sword and of averting the eyes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–AD 65 – Seneca uses it of mirrors that distort faces.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of a letter differing slightly from the Latin ones.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it of uttering prayers indirectly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * AD 98–115 – Tacitus uses it of combing the hair aside.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To give an [[m|en|oblique]] direction to, set at an angle, [[m|en|slant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To move (a part of the body) sideways; to [[m|en|avert]] (the eyes).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To turn aside, [[m|en|divert]], [[m|en|deflect]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of mirrors)'' To [[m|en|distort]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To utter in a [[m|en|dissemble|alt=dissembling]] or indirect way.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[obliquatio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[oblīquē]]

+ * [[oblīquitās]]

+ * [[oblīquus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The OLD and Gaffiot also record a rare adverb ''oblīquō'' “at an angle, obliquely”, formed from the same adjective, which Gaffiot cites from Cato's work on agriculture.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}