Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

Examples

  • εἶπον δὲ καὶ ἡλίκοσ ὁ κίνδυνοσ, εἰ μὴ ὀρθὴν ἐλαύνοι· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 4:2)
  • ὀρθὴν ἄνω δίωκε. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode84)
  • Ἀλλὰ τῆσ μὲν τιμῆσ, ὦ βασιλεῦ, χάριν οἶδά σοι καὶ ὑποκύψασ εἰσ τὸ Περσικὸν προσκυνῶ σε περιαγαγὼν εἰσ τοὐπίσω τὼ χεῖρε τιμῶν τὴν τιάραν ὀρθὴν οὖσαν καὶ τὸ διάδημα· (Lucian, 51:3)
  • ἐκ κανοῦ δ’ ἑλὼν Αἴγισθοσ ὀρθὴν σφαγίδα, μοσχείαν τρίχα τεμὼν ἐφ’ ἁγνὸν πῦρ ἔθηκε δεξιᾷ, κἄσφαξ’ ἐπ’ ὤμων μόσχον ὡσ ἦραν χεροῖν δμῶεσ, λέγει δὲ σῷ κασιγνήτῳ τάδε· (Euripides, episode 2:8)
  • ὦ πότνια Κύπρου καὶ Κυθήρων καὶ Πάφου μεδέουσ’, ἴθ’ ὀρθὴν ἥνπερ ἔρχι τὴν ὁδόν. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene5)

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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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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