obliquus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin oblīquus. === Noun === obliquus (plural obliqui) (anatomy) An obliquus muscle; a muscle running obliquely. ==== Related terms ==== obliquus capitis inferior muscle obliquus oculi inferior == Latin == === Alternative forms === oblīcus === Etymology === Perhaps from ob- (“against”) +‎ licinus (“bent upward”), from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to bend, to be movable.” However, De Vaan finds no credible Indo-European source and assigns no known etymology. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔbˈliː.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [obˈliː.kʷus] === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== oblīquē oblīquitās oblīquō oblīquoloquus ==== Related terms ==== oblīquātiō ōrātiō oblīqua (“indirect speech”) ōrātiō rēcta (“direct speech”) ==== Descendants ==== === 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.