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ὀρθός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρθός ὀρθή ὀρθόν

Structure: ὀρθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. straight, upright, erect
  2. straight forward, in a straight line
  3. unharmed, safe
  4. prosperous
  5. attentive, expecting
  6. right, just, righteous, upright
  7. true, genuine, exact
  8. decent
  9. (geometry) right angle
  10. (grammar) nominative

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ὀρθός ὀρθή ὀρθόν
Genitive ὀρθοῦ ὀρθῆς ὀρθοῦ
Dative ὀρθῷ ὀρθῇ ὀρθῷ
Accusative ὀρθόν ὀρθήν ὀρθόν
Vocative ὀρθέ ὀρθή ὀρθόν
DualN/A/V ὀρθώ ὀρθᾱ́ ὀρθώ
G/D ὀρθοῖν ὀρθαῖν ὀρθοῖν
PluralNominative ὀρθοί ὀρθαί ὀρθά
Genitive ὀρθῶν ὀρθῶν ὀρθῶν
Dative ὀρθοῖς ὀρθαῖς ὀρθοῖς
Accusative ὀρθούς ὀρθᾱ́ς ὀρθά
Vocative ὀρθοί ὀρθαί ὀρθά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀρθός ὀρθοῦ ὀρθότερος ὀρθοτεροῦ ὀρθότατος ὀρθοτατοῦ
Adverb ὀρθώς ὀρθότερον ὀρθότατα

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

  • ὁδοὺσ γὰρ σοφίασ διδάσκω σε, ἐμβιβάζω δέ σε τροχιαῖσ ὀρθαῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 4:10)
  • ὅτῳ γὰρ ὤφθην εὐτυχοῦσ’, αἰδώσ μ’ ἔχει ἐν τῷδε πότμῳ τυγχάνουσ’ ἵν’ εἰμὶ νῦν κοὐκ ἂν δυναίμην προσβλέπειν ὀρθαῖσ κόραισ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode10)
  • καὶ καθάπερ ὁ γεωμέτρησ οὐ βουλεύεται περὶ τοῦ τριγώνου, εἰ δυεῖν ὀρθαῖσ ἴσασ ἔχει τὰσ ἐντὸσ γωνίασ ἀλλ’ οἶδεν αἱ γὰρ βουλαὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλοτ’ ἄλλωσ ἐχόντων οὐ περὶ τῶν βεβαίων καὶ ἀμεταπτώτων οὕτωσ ὁ θεωρητικὸσ νοῦσ περὶ τὰ πρῶτα καὶ μόνιμα καὶ μίαν ἀεὶ φύσιν ἔχοντα μὴ δεχομένην μεταβολὰσ ἐνεργῶν ἀπήλλακται τοῦ βουλεύεσθαι· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 5 6:1)
  • καὶ καθάπερ ὁ γεωμέτρησ οὐ βουλεύεται περὶ τοῦ τριγώνου, εἰ δυεῖν ὀρθαῖσ ἴσασ ἔχει τὰσ ἐντὸσ γωνίασ ἀλλ’ οἶδεν αἱ γὰρ βουλαὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλοτ’ ἄλλωσ ἐχόντων, οὐ περὶ τῶν βεβαίων καὶ ἀμεταπτώτων, οὕτωσ ὁ θεωρητικὸσ νοῦσ περὶ τὰ πρῶτα καὶ μόνιμα καὶ μίαν ἀεὶ φύσιν ἔχοντα μὴ δεχομένην μεταβολὰσ ἐνεργῶν, ἀπήλλακται τοῦ βουλεύεσθαι. (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 5 2:3)
  • ἢ σὺν ὀρθαῖσ κιόνεσσιν δεσποσύναισιν ἐρειδομένα μόχθον ἄλλοισ ἀμφέπει δύστανον ἐν τείχεσιν, ἑὸν ἐρημώσαισα χῶρον. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 82:2)

Synonyms

  1. straight

  2. straight forward

  3. unharmed

  4. prosperous

  5. attentive

  6. right

  7. true

  8. right angle

  9. nominative

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