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

  • ὑμεῖσ δ’, ἵν’ αὑτὸσ λόγοσ ἔχῃ μορφὰσ δύο, χωρεῖτε, Τρώων παῖδεσ, ὀρθίαν ὅταν σάλπιγγοσ ἠχὼ δῶσιν ἀρχηγοὶ στρατοῦ, πρὸσ ναῦσ Ἀχαιῶν, ὡσ ἀποστέλλησθε γῆσ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, anapests 1:2)
  • ὡσ πρόσβασιν τῶνδ’ ὀρθίαν οἴκων ἔχει ῥυσῷ γέροντι τῷδε προσβῆναι ποδί. (Euripides, episode2)
  • ὧν θαλίαισ ἔμπεδον εὐφαμίαισ τε μάλιστ’ Ἀπόλλων χαίρει, γελᾷ θ’ ὁρῶν ὕβριν ὀρθίαν κνωδάλων. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 10 11:2)
  • μαρτύρια δέ μοι καὶ τάδε, τὴν ἐν Λακεδαίμονι Ὀρθίαν τὸ ἐκ τῶν βαρβάρων εἶναι ξόανον· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 16 16:1)
  • καλοῦσι δὲ οὐκ Ὀρθίαν μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ Λυγοδέσμαν τὴν αὐτήν, ὅτι ἐν θάμνῳ λύγων εὑρέθη, περιειληθεῖσα δὲ ἡ λύγοσ ἐποίησε τὸ ἄγαλμα ὀρθόν. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 16 19:2)

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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