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Verb
obliquo
- first-person singular present indicative of obliquar
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obliquus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈbli.kwo/
- Rhymes: -ikwo
- Hyphenation: o‧blì‧quo
Adjective
obliquo (feminine obliqua, masculine plural obliqui, feminine plural oblique)
- oblique, sidelong
- slanting (writing)
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From oblīquus (“slanting”).
Pronunciation
Verb
oblīquō (present infinitive oblīquāre, perfect active oblīquāvī, supine oblīquātum); first conjugation
- to turn obliquely, twist aside
- (figuratively) to dissemble, speak evasively
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References
- “obliquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obliquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obliquo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to run obliquely down the hill: obliquo monte decurrere