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Ὀρθωσία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ὀρθωσία

Structure: Ὀρθωσι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: = O)rqi/a, Hdt., Pind.

Sense

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καί φησιν ἀπὸ μὲν τοῦ Πηλουσιακοῦ στόματοσ εἶναι τρισχιλίουσ ἑξακοσίουσ σταδίουσ εἰσ Ὀρθωσίαν, ἐπὶ δὲ τὸν Ὀρόντην ποταμὸν χίλια ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα, ἐπὶ δὲ τὰσ πύλασ ἑξῆσ πεντακόσια εἰκοσιπέντε, ἐπὶ δὲ τοὺσ ὁρ́ουσ τῶν Κιλίκων χίλια ἐνακόσια εἴκοσιν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 5 6:14)
  • μετὰ δὲ Ὀρθωσίαν ἐστὶ καὶ τὸν Ἐλεύθερον Τρίπολισ ἀπὸ τοῦ συμβεβηκότοσ τὴν ἐπίκλησιν εἰληφυῖα· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 2 30:1)
  • εἶτ’ ἐπὶ Ὀρθωσίαν χιλίουσ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 2 66:5)
  • καίπερ Κιβυρατῶν αὐτοῖσ παραβοηθησάντων, ἐπὶ δὲ τὰσ ἐν Εὐρώμῳ πόλεισ στρατεύσαντεσ ἐνίκησαν μάχῃ Μυλασεῖσ καὶ Ἀλαβανδεῖσ, ἀμφοτέρων παραγενομένων μετὰ στρατιᾶσ ἐπ’ Ὀρθωσίαν. (Polybius, Histories, book 30, chapter 5 15:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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