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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ χαλεπώτερον ἐν ὀρθίῳ μὴ ἡττηθῆναι λαγῶ, ὅτι καὶ ὁ λαγὼσ τὰ ὄρθια θεῖ ἄμεινον, ἐκεῖναι δοκοῦσιν γενναιότεραι αἱ κύνεσ, ὅσαι τὰ ὄπισθεν μείζω ἔχουσιν τῶν ἔμπροσθεν· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 5 11:2)
  • κλύων δ’ ἐγὼ ταῦτ’, ὀρθίῳ κηρύγματι Ταλθύβιον εἶπον πάντ’ ἀφιέναι στρατόν, ὡσ οὔποτ’ ἂν τλὰσ θυγατέρα κτανεῖν ἐμήν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode 2:6)
  • καὶ τοῖσι ναύτῃσιν ἐκπλαγεῖσιν ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν τὰ ἐρετμὰ ἐκπεσεῖν, αὐτὸσ δὲ ἐπιὼν παρακαλέειν τε καὶ θαρσύνειν, καὶ κατ̓ οὕστινασ παραπλώων ἐγίνετο, ἐσ μέτωπόν τε κελεῦσαι καταστῆσαι ὡσ ἐπὶ ναυμαχίῃ τὰσ νέασ, καὶ ἐπαλαλάζοντασ ὁμοῦ τῷ ὀρθίῳ πυκνήν τε καὶ σὺν κτύπῳ πολλῷ τὴν εἰρεσίην ποιέεσθαι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 30 3:2)
  • ἔπειτα προϊούσησ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ἀτρεμεῖν οὐ δυνάμενοσ, λαβὼν τὰ ὅπλα καὶ τοὺσ συμμάχουσ παρορμήσασ ὀρθίῳ τῇ φάλαγγι παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἦγε πρὸσ τὸ τεῖχοσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 28 3:3)
  • "ἐν δὲ τῷ ὀρθίῳ νόμῳ τῇ μελοποιίᾳ κέχρηται, καθάπερ οἱ ἁρμονικοί φασιν, οὐκ ἔχομεν δ’ ἀκριβῶσ εἰπεῖν· (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 101)

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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