Oblīquŏlŏquus — Lewis & Short
Oblīquŏlŏquus, i, m.obliquus-loquor,
I one who speaks indirectly, i. e. ambiguously, an epithet of Apollo, acc. to the Gr. *loci/as, in allusion to his obscure oracles: Obliquoloquus, *loci/as, Gloss. Philox.
The corpus record — Latin
Oblīquŏlŏquus
Oblīquŏlŏquus · m
one who speaks indirectly
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