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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

  • Ἢν δὲ ἐπὶ μέζον τὸ κακὸν ἑρ́πῃ, μῆλα ἐρυθρά· ὀφθαλμοὶ προπετέεσ, ὡσ ἐπ’ ἀγχόνῃ, Ῥωγμὸσ ἐν ἐγρηγόρσι· πολλὸν δὲ μέζον τὸ κακὸν ἐν ὕπνῳ· ὑγρὴ καὶ ἀήχοσ ἡ φωνή· πολλοῦ καὶ ψυχροῦ ἠέροσ ἐπιθυμίη · ἐσ τὸ ὕπαιθρον ἰένται, πᾶσ γὰρ αὐτέοισι οἶκοσ ἐσ ἀναπνοὴν οὐ διαρκήσ · ἀναπνέουσι ὄρθιοι, ὅκωσ ἅπαντα σπάσαι τὸν ἑλκόμενον ἠέρα ποθέοντεσ, ὑπ’ ἀπορίησ δὲ τοῦ ἠέροσ καὶ διοίγουσι τὸ στόμα, ὡσ τῷδε μέζονι χρεόμενοι· ὠχροὶ τὰ πρόσωπα, πλὴν τῶν μήλων. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 215)

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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