Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀρθιάδε

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρθιάδε

Etym.: o)/rqios

Sense

  1. uphill

Examples

  • ἀντί γε μὴν τοῦ ἁπαλύνειν τοὺσ πόδασ ὑποδήμασιν ἔταξεν ἀνυποδησίᾳ κρατύνειν, νομίζων, εἰ τοῦτ’ ἀσκήσειαν, πολὺ μὲν ῥᾷον ἂν ὀρθιάδε ἐκβαίνειν, ἀσφαλέστερον δὲ πρανῆ καταβαίνειν, καὶ πηδῆσαι δὲ καὶ ἀναθορεῖν καὶ δραμεῖν θᾶττον ἀνυπόδητον, εἰ ἠσκηκὼσ εἰή τοὺσ πόδασ, ἢ ὑποδεδεμένον. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 2 4:1)

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

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