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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

  • τὰ πάθη φύσεισ οὐ γὰρ ὀρθότητι δοξῶν οὐδὲ φαυλότητι δήπου τοῖσ μὲν ἀλκαὶ καὶ ὁρμαὶ πρὸσ τὰ φαινόμενα δεινὰ παρίστανται, τοῖσ δ’ ἀμήχανοι πτοῖαι καὶ φόβοι τῆσ ψυχῆσ· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 11 7:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ὀρθότητι δοξῶν οὐδὲ φαυλότητι δήπου τοῖσ μὲν ἀλκαὶ καὶ ὁρμαὶ πρὸσ τὰ φαινόμενα δεινὰ παρίστανται, τοῖσ δ’ ἀμήχανοι πτοῖαι καὶ φόβοι τῆσ ψυχῆσ· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 11 3:1)
  • τί δ’, ἂν ὀρθότησ ἢ τοὐναντίον ὀρθότητι τινὶ τούτων προσγίγνηται; (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 161:4)
  • ἀλλὰ μὲν δὴ ἥ γε ἀρετὴ ἑκάστου, καὶ σκεύουσ καὶ σώματοσ καὶ ψυχῆσ αὖ καὶ ζῴου παντόσ, οὐ τῷ εἰκῇ κάλλιστα παραγίγνεται, ἀλλὰ τάξει καὶ ὀρθότητι καὶ τέχνῃ, ἥτισ ἑκάστῳ ἀποδέδοται αὐτῶν· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 361:4)
  • ἀλλὰ μετὰ τοῦτο τὸ εἶδοσ ἔγωγε ἡδέωσ ἂν θεασαίμην ταῦτα τὰ καλὰ ὀνόματα τίνι ποτὲ ὀρθότητι κεῖται, τὰ περὶ τὴν ἀρετήν, οἱο͂ν "φρόνησίσ" τε καὶ "σύνεσισ" καὶ "δικαιοσύνη" καὶ τἆλλα τὰ τοιαῦτα πάντα. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 167:1)

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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