obliquus Latin · revision 6034

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oblīquus''' (feminine oblīqua, neuter oblīquum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its origin is unknown.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The closest words in form and sense are [[līmus]] “transverse” and [[sublīmis]] “slanting up”, and the OLD takes it as [[m|la|ob-]] and *liku̯os, comparing ''līmus''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan notes that a root *lī- with the suffixes *-mo- and *-kʷo- does not make sense and has no connections outside Italic.^(de Vaan 2008) Lewis and Short compared [[grc|λέχριος|tr=lékhrios|t=slanting]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Cato.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant set at an angle, slanting, transverse, as Cicero's ''mōtus prōnus, oblīquus, supīnus'', and of movement sideways, and of paths zigzag.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Of glances it meant sidelong, implying ill will, as Horace's no one there looks askance at my good fortune.^(OLD 2012) Grammarians called the cases other than the nominative ''oblīquī'', as Varro's ''rēctum homō, oblīquum hominis''.^(OLD 2012) Of language it meant obscure, indirect, and of descent collateral.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein distinguishes it, at unequal angles, from [[trānsversus]], at right angles.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was used of squinting eyes, in anatomy, and in astronomy of the zodiac.^(DMLBS) [[en|oblique]] was borrowed in the early 15th century, first of muscles and eyes.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of the oblique cases.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace speaks of a sidelong look.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''oblique'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Slanting, [[m|en|oblique]], transverse.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Moving sideways, (of paths) zigzag.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (Of glances) sidelong, [[m|en|askance]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(grammar)'' (Of cases) oblique.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (Of language) obscure, indirect.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (Of descent) collateral.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[oblīquē]]

+ * [[oblīquitās]]

+ * [[oblīquō]]

+ * [[oblīquoloquus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[oblīquātiō]]

+ * [[līmus]]

+ * [[sublīmis]]

+ * [[en|oblique]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}