Obliquus

Latin-English

oblīqu|us, -a, -um. (obˈli.kʷus) adj.

1. Slanted, sideways, oblique.
2. Indirect.

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, De Divinatione 1.53:

Nam si animal omne, ut vult, ita utitur motu sui corporis, prono, obliquo, supino, membraque quocumque vult flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit eaque ante efficit paene quam cogitat, quanto id deo est facilius, cuius numini parent omnia!

For if every animal is able to make use of the forwards, sideways, and backwards movement of its body at will, and bends, twists, extends, and contracts its limbs in whatever way it chooses, and does so almost before it has thought of it—how much easier it is for a god, whose divine will everything obeys?