liquus

līmus, a, um ( līmis, e, Amm. 20, 9, 2; v. infra), adj. [Gr. lechrios, lechris, loxos; Lat. licinus, ob-liquus, luxus], sidelong, askew, aslant, askance.

Lit.:

limis oculis aspicere,

to look sideways, look askance, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 2:

limis subrisit ocellis,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 33:

(leones) nec limis intuentur oculis aspicique simili modo nolunt,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52:

limibus oculis eos contuens,

Amm. 20, 9.—So, limis aspicere (sc. oculis), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 53:

limi, et ut sic dicam venerei (sc. oculi),

Quint. 11, 3, 76:

oculi contuitu quoque multiformes, truces et limi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145:

limi Di,

the guardian gods of obliquities, Arn. 4, 132.—

Transf., of persons, looking sideways: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, sed limus intra limites culinae, Varr. ap. Non. 133, 31; cf. id. ib. 442, 33.—Hence, adv.: līmō, sideways, askance:

leones numquam limo vident,

Sol. 27, 20; for which: limis oculis in Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52 (v. the passage above).

līmus, i, m. [root lib-; Gr. leibô, to pour; cf. Lat. lino; Gr. limnê, limên], slime, mud, mire.

Lit.:

atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum Confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex,

Lucr. 5, 496: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16:

frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo,

Liv. 2, 5:

profundo limo cum ipsis equis hausti sunt,

id. 31, 27:

amnis abundans Exit et obducto late tenet omnia limo,

Verg. G. 1, 116:

amnes Felicem trahunt limum,

id. ib. 2, 188:

limo Turbata aqua,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 59:

veteri craterae limus adhaesit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 80.—

Transf.

Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—

Dirt, mire:

limumque inducere monstrat,

Ov. F. 3, 759.—

Trop., filth, pollution, etc.:

pectora sic mihi sunt limo vitiata malorum,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.

līmus, i, m. [perh. for lig-mus, from ligo], a girdle or apron trimmed with purple, which the sacrificing priests and other servants of the magistrates wore about the abdomen:

velati limo,

Verg. A. 12, 120; cf.: limus autem est vestis, qua ab umbilico usque ad pedes teguntur pudenda poparum. Haec autem vestis in extremo sui purpuram limam, i. e. flexuosam habet. Unde et nomen accepit. Nam limum obliquum dicimus, Serv. ad Verg. l. l.: licio transverso, quod limum appellatur, cincti erant, Tiro ap. Gell. 12, 3, 3.

Līmus, i, m., the god of oblique glances, Arn. 4, cap. 9.

līmus, a, um ( līmis, e, Amm. 20, 9, 2; v. infra), adj. [Gr. lechrios, lechris, loxos; Lat. licinus, ob-liquus, luxus], sidelong, askew, aslant, askance.

Lit.:

limis oculis aspicere,

to look sideways, look askance, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 2:

limis subrisit ocellis,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 33:

(leones) nec limis intuentur oculis aspicique simili modo nolunt,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52:

limibus oculis eos contuens,

Amm. 20, 9.—So, limis aspicere (sc. oculis), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 53:

limi, et ut sic dicam venerei (sc. oculi),

Quint. 11, 3, 76:

oculi contuitu quoque multiformes, truces et limi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145:

limi Di,

the guardian gods of obliquities, Arn. 4, 132.—

Transf., of persons, looking sideways: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, sed limus intra limites culinae, Varr. ap. Non. 133, 31; cf. id. ib. 442, 33.—Hence, adv.: līmō, sideways, askance:

leones numquam limo vident,

Sol. 27, 20; for which: limis oculis in Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52 (v. the passage above).

līmus, i, m. [root lib-; Gr. leibô, to pour; cf. Lat. lino; Gr. limnê, limên], slime, mud, mire.

Lit.:

atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum Confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex,

Lucr. 5, 496: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16:

frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo,

Liv. 2, 5:

profundo limo cum ipsis equis hausti sunt,

id. 31, 27:

amnis abundans Exit et obducto late tenet omnia limo,

Verg. G. 1, 116:

amnes Felicem trahunt limum,

id. ib. 2, 188:

limo Turbata aqua,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 59:

veteri craterae limus adhaesit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 80.—

Transf.

Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—

Dirt, mire:

limumque inducere monstrat,

Ov. F. 3, 759.—

Trop., filth, pollution, etc.:

pectora sic mihi sunt limo vitiata malorum,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.

līmus, i, m. [perh. for lig-mus, from ligo], a girdle or apron trimmed with purple, which the sacrificing priests and other servants of the magistrates wore about the abdomen:

velati limo,

Verg. A. 12, 120; cf.: limus autem est vestis, qua ab umbilico usque ad pedes teguntur pudenda poparum. Haec autem vestis in extremo sui purpuram limam, i. e. flexuosam habet. Unde et nomen accepit. Nam limum obliquum dicimus, Serv. ad Verg. l. l.: licio transverso, quod limum appellatur, cincti erant, Tiro ap. Gell. 12, 3, 3.

Līmus, i, m., the god of oblique glances, Arn. 4, cap. 9.

oblīquus ( oblīcus, v. Orthogr. Vergl. p. 449 Wagner), a, um, adj. [ob and liquus; root lek-; Gr. lechrios, lechris, slantwise (cf.: loxos, Loxias); Lat. licinus, limus, luxus, luxare], sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique (freq. and class.; cf.: transversus, imus).

Lit.:

motus corporis, pronus, obliquus, supinus,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

hos partim obliquos, partim aversos, partim etiam adversos stare vobis,

on one side of you, sideways, id. Rep. 6, 19, 20:

obliquo claudicare pede,

Ov. Am. 2, 17, 20:

sublicae,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

ordines,

id. ib. 7, 73:

iter,

id. B. C. 1, 70:

obliquam facere imaginem,

a side-likeness, profile, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 90:

chordae,

i. e. of the triangular harp, Juv. 3, 64:

verris obliquum meditantis ictum Sanguine donare,

Hor. C. 3, 22, 7:

obliquo dente timendus aper,

Ov. H. 4, 104:

rex aquarum cursibus obliquis fluens,

id. M. 9, 18:

radix,

id. ib. 10, 491:

obliquo capite speculari,

Plin. 8, 24, 36, § 88:

non istic obliquo oculo mea commoda quisquam Limat,

with a sidelong glance, an envious look, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:

non obliquis oculis sed circumacto capite cernere,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 151:

obliquoque notat Proserpina vultu,

Stat. S. 2, 6, 102.— Adverbial phrases: ab obliquo, ex obliquo, per obliquum, in obliquum, obliquum, from the side, sideways, not straight on:

ab obliquo,

Ov. R. Am. 121:

nec supra ipsum nec infra, sed ex obliquo,

Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99:

serpens per obliquum similis sagittae Terruit mannos,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 6:

cancri in obliquom aspiciunt,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 152: obliquum, obliquely, askance:

oculis obliquum respiciens,

App. M. 3, p. 140.— Comp.:

quia positio signiferi circa media sui obliquior est,

Plin. 2, 77, 79, § 188.—

Fig.

Of relationship, not direct, collateral ( poet. and late Lat.):

obliquum a patre genus,

i. e. not born of the same mother with myself, Stat. Th. 5, 221:

obliquo maculat qui sanguine regnum,

by collateral consanguinity, Luc. 8, 286; cf.:

tertio gradu veniunt... ex obliquo fratris sororisque filius,

Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 3.—

Of speech.

Indirect, covert:

obliquis orationibus carpere aliquem,

Suet. Dom. 2:

insectatio,

Tac. A. 14, 11:

dicta,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 9:

verba,

Amm. 15, 5, 4.—

In a bad sense, envious, hostile (post-class.):

Cato adversus potentes semper obliquus,

Flor. 4, 2, 9.—

In gram.

Obliquus casus, an oblique case (i. e. all the cases except the nom. and voc.), opp. rectus:

alia casus habent et rectos et obliquos,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 49 Müll.—

Obliqua oratio, indirect speech: apud historicos reperiuntur obliquae allocutiones, ut in T. Livii primo statim libro (c. 9): urbes quoque, ut cetera, ex infimo nasci;

deinde, etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 37:

oratio,

Just. 38, 3, 11.— Hence, adv.: oblīquē, sideways, athwart, obliquely.

Lit. (class.):

quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

sublicae oblique agebantur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 9: procedere. Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95:

situs signifer,

id. 2, 15, 13, § 63.—

Trop., indirectly, covertly (post-Aug.):

aliquem castigare,

Tac. A. 3, 35:

perstringere aliquem,

id. ib. 5, 2:

admonere,

Gell. 3, 2, 16:

agere,

id. 7, 17, 4.