ὀρθός
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See also: ορθός
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥dʰwós, from *h₃erdʰ- (“upright”). Cognate with Latin arduus, Sanskrit ऊर्ध्व (ūrdhvá).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.tʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /orˈtʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /orˈθos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /orˈθos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /orˈθos/
Adjective
editὀρθός • (orthós) m (feminine ὀρθή, neuter ὀρθόν); first/second declension
- straight, upright, erect
- Antonym: καμψός (kampsós)
- straight forward, in a straight line
- unharmed, safe
- prosperous
- attentive, expecting
- right, just, righteous, upright
- true, correct, genuine, exact
- decent
- (geometry) right angle
- (grammar) nominative
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ὀρθός orthós |
ὀρθή orthḗ |
ὀρθόν orthón |
ὀρθώ orthṓ |
ὀρθᾱ́ orthā́ |
ὀρθώ orthṓ |
ὀρθοί orthoí |
ὀρθαί orthaí |
ὀρθᾰ́ orthá | |||||
Genitive | ὀρθοῦ orthoû |
ὀρθῆς orthês |
ὀρθοῦ orthoû |
ὀρθοῖν orthoîn |
ὀρθαῖν orthaîn |
ὀρθοῖν orthoîn |
ὀρθῶν orthôn |
ὀρθῶν orthôn |
ὀρθῶν orthôn | |||||
Dative | ὀρθῷ orthôi |
ὀρθῇ orthêi |
ὀρθῷ orthôi |
ὀρθοῖν orthoîn |
ὀρθαῖν orthaîn |
ὀρθοῖν orthoîn |
ὀρθοῖς orthoîs |
ὀρθαῖς orthaîs |
ὀρθοῖς orthoîs | |||||
Accusative | ὀρθόν orthón |
ὀρθήν orthḗn |
ὀρθόν orthón |
ὀρθώ orthṓ |
ὀρθᾱ́ orthā́ |
ὀρθώ orthṓ |
ὀρθούς orthoús |
ὀρθᾱ́ς orthā́s |
ὀρθᾰ́ orthá | |||||
Vocative | ὀρθέ orthé |
ὀρθή orthḗ |
ὀρθόν orthón |
ὀρθώ orthṓ |
ὀρθᾱ́ orthā́ |
ὀρθώ orthṓ |
ὀρθοί orthoí |
ὀρθαί orthaí |
ὀρθᾰ́ orthá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὀρθῶς orthôs |
ὀρθότερος orthóteros |
ὀρθότᾰτος orthótatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
edit- ὄρθιος (órthios)
- ὀρθοδίκαιος (orthodíkaios)
- ὀρθόκραιρος (orthókrairos)
Related terms
edit- ὄρθρος (órthros)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὀρθός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1101
Further reading
edit- “ὀρθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀρθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ὀρθός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὀρθός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ὀρθός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ὀρθός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3717 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accurate idem, page 7.
- bristling idem, page 100.
- correct idem, page 174.
- direct idem, page 226.
- dispassionate idem, page 236.
- equitable idem, page 280.
- erect idem, page 281.
- even idem, page 284.
- excited idem, page 289.
- expectant idem, page 293.
- expectation idem, page 293.
- fair idem, page 302.
- ferment idem, page 315.
- honest idem, page 404.
- impartial idem, page 419.
- just idem, page 466.
- lawful idem, page 480.
- moral idem, page 540.
- perpendicular idem, page 607.
- qui vive idem, page 665.
- right idem, page 714.
- righteous idem, page 715.
- standing idem, page 811.
- straight idem, page 822.
- straightforward idem, page 822.
- suspense idem, page 845.
- tenterhooks idem, page 862.
- tip-toe idem, page 877.
- true idem, page 898.
- unbiassed idem, page 908.
- unprejudiced idem, page 927.
- unwarped idem, page 936.
- upright idem, page 938.
- veracious idem, page 948.
- vertical idem, page 949.
- “ὀρθός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
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