אֲלַכְסֹון

אֲלַכְסֹון(לוכסן, = λοξός; cmp. howev. ἀλλάξ) 1) (adv.) athwart, crosswise. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. VIII, 5 two feet of a bed cut off א׳ crosswise; (Kel. XVIII, 5 לוכסן). 2) אֲלַכְסֹון, ch. form אֲלַכְסֹונָא m. diagonal line, diameter. B. Bath. 101b; Succ.8a כל אמתא … באלכסונָהּ a figure of one square cubit has a diagonal line of 1 2/5 cubits (approximately). Men.35a; Meg.24b must be square בתפרן ובאֲלַכְסֹונָן both as to their seams (not warped) and as to the measure of their diagonal lines. Erub.59a מידת העיר ואלכסונָהּ Ms. K. (ed. בא׳, v. Rashi a. l.) the measure of the circumference of the town plus its diameter. B. Bath.99a ודילמא בא׳ הוו קיימי perhaps the Cherubim in the Sanctuary were placed across the room; a. fr.