λοξός
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- Not straight: slanting, crosswise, oblique
- To the side: sideways, askance
- (metaphorically) mistrustful, suspicious
- (of language) indirect, ambiguous
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (bend, twist, turn, fold, break).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lewg-
Gloss
bend, twist, turn, fold, break
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- reluctance English
- reluctor English
- luksus Finnish
- Lexovii Latin
- eluctabilis Latin
- eluctor Latin
- ineluctabilis Latin
- inēlūctābilis Latin
- lucta Latin
- luctatio Latin
- luctator Latin
- luctor Latin
- luctārī Latin
- luctātiō Latin
- lucuns Latin
- luma Latin
- luxuria Latin
- luxus Latin
- reluctor Latin
- reluctāns Latin
- luxus Hungarian
- lussare Italian
- lussazione Italian
- luxe French
- lujo Spanish, Castilian
- Ληξόβιοι Ancient Greek
- λύγινος Ancient Greek
- λύγος Ancient Greek
- *lewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *lugsos Proto-Indo-European
- luksus Norwegian Bokmål
- *laukaz Proto-Germanic
- *lauką Proto-Germanic
- *lukjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lukô Proto-Germanic
- *luką Proto-Germanic
- *lūkaną Proto-Germanic
- *lūkinjō Proto-Germanic
- luksus Polish
- luksus Norwegian Nynorsk
- रुग्ण Sanskrit
- luksus Danish
- luksus Serbo-Croatian
- lúxus Icelandic
- llechwedd Welsh
- foloing Old Irish
- imfolngai Old Irish
- inloing Old Irish
- túailnge Old Irish
- *luggo- Proto-Celtic
- *lungeti Proto-Celtic
- *lungo- Proto-Celtic
- Luxus Alemannic German
- *awa-luga Proto-Albanian
- *lecinos Old Latin