Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

ὀρθός (orthós, correct) +‎ -ως (-ōs, adverbial suffix)

Pronunciation edit

 

Adverb edit

ὀρθῶς (orthôs)

  1. correctly
    • 399 BCE, Plato, Euthyphro 2c–2d:
      καὶ φαίνεταί μοι τῶν πολιτικῶν μόνος ἄρχεσθαι ὀρθῶς
      kaì phaínetaí moi tôn politikôn mónos árkhesthai orthôs
      • 1966 translation by Harold North Fowler
        And he seems to me to be the only one of the public men who begins in the right way