ὀρθίαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀρθίας (orthías)

Etymology

From ὄρθιος (órthios, “straight up, steep, uphill”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /or.tʰí.aːks/ → /orˈθi.aks/ → /orˈθi.aks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /or.tʰí.aːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /orˈtʰi.aks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /orˈθi.aks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /orˈθi.aks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /orˈθi.aks/

Noun

ὀρθῐ́ᾱξ • (orthíāx) m (genitive ὀρθῐ́ᾱκος); third declension

1. (nautical) lower part of a mast

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ὀρθῐ́ᾱξ; τοῦ ὀρθῐ́ᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀρθῐ́ᾱξ ho orthíāx	τὼ ὀρθῐ́ᾱκε tṑ orthíāke	οἱ ὀρθῐ́ᾱκες hoi orthíākes
Genitive	τοῦ ὀρθῐ́ᾱκος toû orthíākos	τοῖν ὀρθῐᾱ́κοιν toîn orthiā́koin	τῶν ὀρθῐᾱ́κων tôn orthiā́kōn
Dative	τῷ ὀρθῐ́ᾱκῐ tôi orthíāki	τοῖν ὀρθῐᾱ́κοιν toîn orthiā́koin	τοῖς ὀρθῐ́ᾱξῐ / ὀρθῐ́ᾱξῐν toîs orthíāxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὀρθῐ́ᾱκᾰ tòn orthíāka	τὼ ὀρθῐ́ᾱκε tṑ orthíāke	τοὺς ὀρθῐ́ᾱκᾰς toùs orthíākas
Vocative	ὀρθῐ́ᾱξ orthíāx	ὀρθῐ́ᾱκε orthíāke	ὀρθῐ́ᾱκες orthíākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὀρθίαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀρθίαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette