Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀρθόθριξ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρθόθριξ ὀρθότριχος

Structure: ὀρθοτριχ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. with hair up-standing

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὀρθόθριξ ὀρθότριχε ὀρθότριχες
Genitive ὀρθότριχος ὀρθοτρίχοιν ὀρθοτρίχων
Dative ὀρθότριχι ὀρθοτρίχοιν ὀρθότριξιν*
Accusative ὀρθότριχα ὀρθότριχε ὀρθότριχας
Vocative ὀρθότριξ ὀρθότριχε ὀρθότριχες

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

  • τορὸσ δὲ Φοῖβοσ ὀρθόθριξ δόμων ὀνειρόμαντισ, ἐξ ὕπνου κότον πνέων, ἀωρόνυκτον ἀμβόαμα μυχόθεν ἔλακε περὶ φόβῳ, γυναικείοισιν ἐν δώμασιν βαρὺσ πίτνων. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, antistrophe 11)
  • τοῖσ δ’ εἰσ Σατύρουσ περιζώματα καὶ δοραὶ τράγων καὶ ὀρθότριχεσ ἐπὶ ταῖσ κεφαλαῖσ φόβαι καὶ ὅσα τούτοισ ὅμοια. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 72 17:2)

Synonyms

  1. with hair up-standing

Similar forms

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION