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ὀρθός?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: orthos

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 ὀρθά ὀρθώ
G/D ὀρθοῖν ὀρθαῖν ὀρθοῖν
PluralNominative ὀρθοί ὀρθαί ὀρθά
Genitive ὀρθῶν ὀρθῶν ὀρθῶν
Dative ὀρθοῖς ὀρθαῖς ὀρθοῖς
Accusative ὀρθούς ὀρθάς 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

  • καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ καὶ εἶπεν. ἱκανούσθω. μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ κυρτὸς ὡς ὁ ὀρθός. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 21:11)
  • ἔγωγ᾿ οὖν ὁπότε καὶ αὐτὸς ἐνενόουν τὰ ὅμοια περὶ τῶν ἐμαυτοῦ καὶ ἐζήτουν ὅπως ἂν τάχιστα γνωσθείην πᾶσι, τῷ Τιμοθέου λόγῳ ἑπόμενος ἐσκοπούμην ὅστις ὁ ἄριστος εἰή τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ ὅτῳ πιστεύσουσιν οἱ ἄλλοι καὶ ὃς ἀντὶ πάντων ἀρκέσειεν ἄν οὕτω δὲ ἄρα σὺ ἔμελλες ἡμῖν φαίνεσθαι τῷ δικαίῳ λόγῳ, ὅ τι περ τὸ κεφάλαιον ἀρετῆς ἁπάσης, ὁ γνώμων, φασί, καὶ ὁ ὀρθὸς κανὼν τῶν τοιούτων. (Lucian, Harmonides 7:2)
  • ὀρθὸς δ ἀνᾴσσω χειρὶ σὺν κενῇ δορός. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:8)
  • μηδ ἄντ ἠελίου τετραμμένος ὀρθὸς ὀμιχεῖν: (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 83:1)
  • σὺ δ ἄθλιος τὰ μὲν παραδραμών, τὰ δὲ βάδην ἄναντα πολλὰ καὶ κάταντα - τοιαύτη γάρ, ὡς οἶσθα, ἡ πόλις - περιελθὼν ἵδρωκάς τε καὶ πνευστιᾷς, κἀκείνου ἔνδον τινὶ τῶν φίλων πρὸς ὃν ἦλθεν διαλεγομένου, μηδὲ ὅπου καθίζῃς ἔχων ὀρθὸς ὑπ ἀπορίας ἀναγιγνώσκεις τὸ βιβλίον προχειρισάμενος. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 25:12)

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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