obliquo

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See also: oblíquo

Catalan

Verb

obliquo

  1. 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)

  1. oblique, sidelong
  2. slanting (writing)

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From oblīquus (slanting).

Pronunciation

Verb

oblīquō (present infinitive oblīquāre, perfect active oblīquāvī, supine oblīquātum); first conjugation

  1. to turn obliquely, twist aside
  2. (figuratively) to dissemble, speak evasively

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: obliquar
  • French: obliquer

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