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ὀρθότης

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρθότης ὀρθότητος

Structure: ὀρθοτητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: o)rqo/s

Sense

  1. upright posture, erectness
  2. rightness, correctness

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὀρθότης ὀρθότητε ὀρθότητες
Genitive ὀρθότητος ὀρθοτήτοιν ὀρθοτήτων
Dative ὀρθότητι ὀρθοτήτοιν ὀρθότησιν*
Accusative ὀρθότητα ὀρθότητε ὀρθότητας
Vocative ὀρθότη ὀρθότητε ὀρθότητες

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

  • μάλιστα δὲ ἡ περὶ τὰσ κρίσεισ ὀρθότησ αὐτοῦ τοῖσ στρατιώταισ ἤρεσκεν ἧσ καὶ τοιόνδε τι δεῖγμα λέγεται. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 14 3:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐπεὶ ὁ μὲν κακῶσ βουλευόμενοσ ἁμαρτάνει, ὁ δ’ εὖ ὀρθῶσ βουλεύεται, δῆλον ὅτι ὀρθότησ τισ ἡ εὐβουλία ἐστίν, οὔτ’ ἐπιστήμησ δὲ οὔτε δόξησ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 6 68:4)
  • ἐπιστήμησ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν ὀρθότησ οὐδὲ γὰρ ἁμαρτία, δόξησ δ’ ὀρθότησ ἀλήθεια· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 6 69:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὀρθότησ τίσ ἐστιν ἡ εὐβουλία βουλῆσ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 6 70:1)

Synonyms

  1. rightness

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

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