λέχριος

According to Beekes, the presence of the adverb λικριφίς (likriphís, “sideways”) and the gloss λίξ (líx, “sideways, athwart”) suggests a Pre-Greek origin of the word.

λέχρῐος • (lékhrĭos) m (feminine λεχρῐ́ᾱ, neuter λέχρῐον); first/second declension

1. slanting, crosswise

   Synonyms: δοχμός (dokhmós), λοξός (loxós), πλᾰ́γῐος (plắgĭos), ψᾰ́γῐος (psắgĭos)

• λέχρῐς (lékhrĭs)

• “λέχριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λέχριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λέχριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λέχριος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 853