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oblīquo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. obliquus,
I.to turn, bend, or twist aside, awry, or in an oblique direction (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: “oculos,Ov. M. 7, 412: “visus,Stat. Ach. 1, 323: “equos,id. Th. 12, 749: “pedes,Sen. Ep. 121, 8: “crinem,to draw back, Tac. G. 38: “in latus ensem,Ov. M. 12, 485: “sinus (velorum) in ventum,to turn obliquely to the wind, veer to the wind, Verg. A. 5, 16.—
II. Trop.: obliquat preces, makes, utters indirectly, i. e. dissemblingly, Stat. Th. 3, 381: “responsa,Arn. 3, 143: Q (littera), cujus similis (litterae K) effectu specieque nisi quod paulum a nostris obliquatur, i. e. is pronounced somewhat softer, *Quint. 1, 4, 9.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.485
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.412
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.16
    • Tacitus, Germania, 38
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 4.9
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 121.8
    • Statius, Thebias, 12
    • Statius, Thebias, 3
    • Statius, Achilleis, 1
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