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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

  • γυναικῶν δὲ τῶν ἡμετέρων καὶ παίδων ἐπιμελούμενοι καὶ τρέφοντεσ καὶ ἐνταῦθα τὸν νοῦν τρέποντεσ τῆσ τε τύχησ μάλιστ’ ἂν εἰε͂ν ἐν λήθῃ καὶ ζῷεν κάλλιον καὶ ὀρθότερον καὶ ἡμῖν προσφιλέστερον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 30 6:5)
  • εἰ μὲν δή τισ ὀρθότερον ἄμεινόν τ’ ἔχει τοῦ ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ ῥηθησομένου, ἐνεγκὼν εἰσ τὸ μέσον ὀρθότατα φιλέλλην ἂν λεχθείη· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 8 13:2)
  • ἔμπροσθέν σοι πάντα ἀφίημι ‐ ἴσωσ μὲν γάρ τι σὺ ἔλεγεσ περὶ αὐτῶν ὀρθότερον, ἴσωσ δ’ ἐγώ, σαφὲσ δ’ οὐδὲν πάνυ ἦν ὧν ἐλέγομεν ‐ νῦν δ’ ἐθέλω τούτου σοι διδόναι λόγον, εἰ μὴ ὁμολογεῖσ σωφροσύνην εἶναι τὸ γιγνώσκειν αὐτὸν ἑαυτόν. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 244:1)
  • γυναικῶν δὲ τῶν ἡμετέρων καὶ παίδων ἐπιμελούμενοι καὶ τρέφοντεσ καὶ ἐνταῦθα τὸν νοῦν τρέποντεσ τῆσ τε τύχησ μάλιστ’ ἂν εἰε͂ν ἐν λήθῃ καὶ ζῷεν κάλλιον καὶ ὀρθότερον καὶ ἡμῖν προσφιλέστερον. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 94:3)
  • πότερον οὖν ὀρθῶσ ἕνα οὐρανὸν προσειρήκαμεν, ἢ πολλοὺσ καὶ ἀπείρουσ λέγειν ἦν ὀρθότερον; (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 85:1)

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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