λοξός
loxos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-03-25
Primary meaning oblique
Literal translation oblique
Variants
λοξός loxos
Edited by
oblique geometrical term

Τῶν δὲ ἐν τῇ σφαίρᾳ κύκλων οἱ μὲν εἰσι παράλληλοι, οἱ δὲ λοξοί, οἱ δὲ διὰ τῶν πόλων.

‘Of the circles on the sphere, some are parallel, some are oblique, and some are [passing] through the poles.’

— Geminus 5.1

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 21

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). λοξός (Lemma #5441). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5441/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). λοξός (Lemma #5441). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5441/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). λοξός (Lemma #5441). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5441/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) λοξός (Lemma #5441), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5441/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac5441,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {λοξός ({Lemma} #5441)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5441/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5441/},
}