Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὄρθριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄρθριος ὄρθριᾱ ὄρθριον

Structure: ὀρθρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/rqros

Sense

  1. at day-break, in the morning, early, in the morning, early

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ σπεύσαθ’ ὡσ εἰώθ’ ἐκεῖ τοῖσ μὴ παροῦσιν ὀρθρίοισ ἐσ τὴν πύκνα ὑπαποτρέχειν ἔχουσι μηδὲ πάτταλον. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Prologue 7:32)

Synonyms

  1. at day-break

Related

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

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