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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

  • τῆσ δὲ λοιπῆσ ἡ μὲν ἀπὸ Ὀρθωσίασ μέχρι Πηλουσίου παραλία Φοινίκη καλεῖται, στενή τισ καὶ ἁλιτενήσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 2 42:2)
  • ταύτησ δὲ τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ Ὀρθωσίασ μέχρι Βηρυτοῦ λόγου τετύχηκε. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 2 44:2)
  • φησὶ δ’ Ἀρτεμίδωροσ εἰσ τὸ Πηλούσιον ἐκ μὲν Ὀρθωσίασ εἶναι σταδίουσ τρισχιλίουσ ἑξακοσίουσ πεντήκοντα κατακολπίζοντι· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 2 66:2)

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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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