obliquus

See also: Obliquus

English

Etymology

From Latin oblīquus.

Noun

obliquus (plural obliqui)

(anatomy) An obliquus muscle; a muscle running obliquely.

Related terms

obliquus capitis inferior muscle

Latin

Alternative forms

oblīcus

Etymology

Perhaps from ob- (“against”) ‎ licinus (“bent upward”), from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to bend, to be movable.”^[1] However, de Vaan finds no credible Indo-European source and assigns no known etymology.^[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈliː.kʷus/, [ɔbˈlʲiːkʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈli.kwus/, [obˈliːkwus]

Adjective

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

sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique
In a bad sense, envious, hostile
Synonyms: īnfestus, inimīcus, īnfēnsus, hostīlis, adversus, āversus, dīversus, inīquus

Antonyms: affābilis, amīcābilis, facilis, benevolēns

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	oblīquus	oblīqua	oblīquum	oblīquī	oblīquae	oblīqua
genitive	oblīquī	oblīquae	oblīquī	oblīquōrum	oblīquārum	oblīquōrum
dative	oblīquō	oblīquae	oblīquō	oblīquīs
accusative	oblīquum	oblīquam	oblīquum	oblīquōs	oblīquās	oblīqua
ablative	oblīquō	oblīquā	oblīquō	oblīquīs
vocative	oblīque	oblīqua	oblīquum	oblīquī	oblīquae	oblīqua

Derived terms

Related terms

oblīquātiō

Descendants

Catalan: oblic
English: oblique
French: oblique
Galician: oblicuo
Italian: obliquo, bieco
Portuguese: oblíquo
Romanian: oblic
Sicilian: ubblicuu
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
obliquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- in an oblique direction; sideways: in obliquum

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “oblique”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “oblique”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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