German

Noun

Obliquus m ‎(genitive Obliquus, plural Obliqui)

1. (grammar) oblique case

English

Noun

obliquus ‎(plural obliqui)

1. (anatomy) an obliquus muscle; a muscle running obliquely

Related terms

• obliquus capitis inferior muscle

Latin

Alternative forms

• oblīcus

Etymology

Unknown.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈbliː.kʷus/

Adjective

oblīquus m ‎(feminine oblīqua, neuter oblīquum); first/second declension

1. sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• oblīquē
• oblīquitās
• oblīquō
• oblīquoloquus

Related terms

• oblīquātiō

Descendants

• English: oblique
• French: oblique
• Italian: obliquo, bieco
• Spanish oblicuo

References

• obliquus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obliquus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obliquus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • in an oblique direction; sideways: in obliquum
    

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill