Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὄρθιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄρθιος ὄρθιᾱ ὄρθιον

Structure: ὀρθι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)rqo/s

Sense

  1. straight up, going upwards, steep, uphill, up-hill, by a steep path, from the coast upwards
  2. upright, standing, rampant
  3. high-pitched, loud, shrill, aloud
  4. the orthian strain
  5. formed in column, a line of battle
  6. straight, straightforwardness

Examples

  • καὶ αὐτὸσ δὲ τὴν λοιπὴν ἵππον ἄγων σπουδῇ ἐνέβαλεν ὀρθίαισ ταῖσ ἴλαισ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 4, chapter 4 7:2)
  • περικλείεται δ’ [ὁ] Αὄρνοσ ὀφρύσιν ὀρθίαισ ὑπερκειμέναισ πανταχόθεν πλὴν τοῦ εἴσπλου, νῦν μὲν ἡμέρωσ ἐκπεπονημέναισ πρότερον δὲ συνηρεφέσιν ἀγρίᾳ ὕλῃ μεγαλοδένδρῳ καὶ ἀβάτῳ, αἳ κατὰ δεισιδαιμονίαν κατάσκιον ἐποίουν τὸν κόλπον. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 4 10:8)
  • ἐνταῦθα δ’ ἐστὶ λάκκοσ ἁλμυροῦ ὕδατοσ, ἀξιολόγου λίμνησ ἔχων περίμετρον, ὀφρύσι κλειόμενοσ ὑψηλαῖσ τε καὶ ὀρθίαισ ὥστ’ ἔχειν κατάβασιν κλιμακώδη· (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 2 8:2)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ τούτουσ μὲν οὐ πολὺ συνέβαινε τῶν πολεμίων ἀπέχειν, τοὺσ δ’ Ἴβηρασ ἐν τῇ κατὰ πρόσωπον πλευρᾷ τόπον ἱκανὸν ἔτι διεστάναι τῷ βάδην ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐπαγωγήν, προσέβαλλον τοῖσ κέρασιν ἀμφοτέροισ ἅμα τοῖσ τῶν ὑπεναντίων ὀρθίαισ ταῖσ Ῥωμαϊκαῖσ δυνάμεσι κατὰ τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ πρόθεσιν. (Polybius, Histories, book 11, chapter 23 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. straight

Related

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

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