Loxias

• a surname of Apollo, on account of his obscure (λοξοῖς) oracles, Macr. S. 1, 17, 31.

(Λοξίας), a surname of Apollo, which is derived by some from his intricate and ambiguous oracles (λοξα), but it is unquestionably connected with the verb Λέγειν, and describes the god as the prophet or interpreter of Zeus. (Hdt. 1.91, 8.136; Aeschyl. Eum. 19; Aristoph. Pl. 8; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 794; Macr. 1.17.) [L.S]

(Λοξίας). A title given to Apollo as the god of oracles, from the base of λέγειν or perhaps from λόξα.

• Hdt. 1.91, Hdt. 4.163