oblique

oblique
adj.
P. πλάγιος, V. λοξός (Eur. Frag.).
Crooked: P. σκολιός.
Transverse at right angles: P. ἐγκάρσιος.

OBLIQUE

obliquus.

oblique: oblīquus (slanting, side-*ways): Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120: the o. order of the signs, o. signorum ordo, Virg. G. 1, 239. Fig.: to assail any one with o. (indirect) insinuations, o. orationibus carpere aliquem, Suet. Dom. 2: also in grammat. sense, the o. cases, casus obliqui, Varr. L. L. 8, 26, 49: o. narration, o. oratio, Just.: v. INDIRECT.