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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ό̓ρθιος ὀρθίᾱ ό̓ρθιον
Genitive ὀρθίου ὀρθίᾱς ὀρθίου
Dative ὀρθίῳ ὀρθίᾱͅ ὀρθίῳ
Accusative ό̓ρθιον ὀρθίᾱν ό̓ρθιον
Vocative ό̓ρθιε ὀρθίᾱ ό̓ρθιον
DualN/A/V ὀρθίω ὀρθίᾱ ὀρθίω
G/D ὀρθίοιν ὀρθίαιν ὀρθίοιν
PluralNominative ό̓ρθιοι ό̓ρθιαι ό̓ρθια
Genitive ὀρθίων ὀρθιῶν ὀρθίων
Dative ὀρθίοις ὀρθίαις ὀρθίοις
Accusative ὀρθίους ὀρθίᾱς ό̓ρθια
Vocative ό̓ρθιοι ό̓ρθιαι ό̓ρθια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ό̓ρθιος ὀρθίου ὀρθιώτερος ὀρθιωτέρου ὀρθιώτατος ὀρθιωτάτου
Adverb ὀρθίως ὀρθιώτερον ὀρθιώτατα

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

  • καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἔτι τῶν βίων ἐν ἤθεσιν ὀρθίοισ καὶ καθαροῖσ μενόντων, ἀλλ’ ἐγκεκλικότων καὶ παραδεδεγμένων τρυφῆσ καὶ πολυτελείασ ζῆλον, εἰσ ἴσον ὅμωσ ὄνειδοσ ἐτίθεντο τοὺσ ὑπάρχουσαν εὐπορίαν ἀπολέσαντασ καὶ τοὺσ πενίαν πατρῴαν μὴ διαφυλάξαντασ. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 1 3:1)
  • πόθεν ἐπισσύτουσ θεοφόρουσ τ’ ἔχεισ ματαίουσ δύασ, τὰ δ’ ἐπίφοβα δυσφάτῳ κλαγγᾷ μελοτυπεῖσ ὁμοῦ τ’ ὀρθίοισ ἐν νόμοισ; (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, antistrophe 64)
  • ἔνθα δὴ παρακελευσάμενοι ἀλλήλοισ προσβάλλουσι πρὸσ τὸν λόφον ὀρθίοισ τοῖσ λόχοισ, οὐ κύκλῳ ἀλλὰ καταλιπόντεσ ἄφοδον τοῖσ πολεμίοισ, εἰ βούλοιντο φεύγειν. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 12:1)
  • τὸ δὲ συμμαχικὸν ὁ Πομπήιοσ αὑτοῦ ταρασσόμενον ὁρῶν ὑπὸ τῆσ μελλήσεωσ καὶ δείσασ, μὴ πρὸ τοῦ ἀγῶνοσ ἀταξίασ κατάρξειεν, ὑπεσήμαινε πρῶτοσ, καὶ ἀντήχησε Καῖσαρ, αὐτίκα δ’ αἵ τε σάλπιγγεσ αὐτοὺσ ἐξώτρυνον ὀρθίοισ κλαγγαῖσ ὡσ ἐν τοσῷδε πλήθει πολλαὶ κατὰ μέρη, καὶ οἱ κήρυκεσ καὶ οἱ ἐπιστάται περιθέοντεσ ἤπειγον. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 11 7:3)

Synonyms

  1. straight

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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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