ὄρθιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀρθός (orthós) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ór.tʰi.os/ → /ˈor.θi.os/ → /ˈor.θi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ór.tʰi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈor.tʰi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.θi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.θi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈor.θi.os/

Adjective

ὄρθῐος • (órthios) m (feminine ὀρθί̆ᾱ, neuter ὄρθῐον); first/second declension

1. straight, steep, uphill; upright, standing
2. (of voice, sound) high-pitched, shrill
3. (military) formed in column (opp. in line or extended front)
4. (geometry) right angle

Inflection

First and second declension of ὄρθῐος; ὀρθῐ́ᾱ; ὄρθῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὄρθῐος órthios	ὀρθῐ́ᾱ orthíā	ὄρθῐον órthion		ὀρθῐ́ω orthíō	ὀρθῐ́ᾱ orthíā	ὀρθῐ́ω orthíō		ὄρθῐοι órthioi	ὄρθῐαι órthiai	ὄρθῐᾰ órthia
Genitive		ὀρθῐ́ου orthíou	ὀρθῐ́ᾱς orthíās	ὀρθῐ́ου orthíou		ὀρθῐ́οιν orthíoin	ὀρθῐ́αιν orthíain	ὀρθῐ́οιν orthíoin		ὀρθῐ́ων orthíōn	ὀρθῐ́ων orthíōn	ὀρθῐ́ων orthíōn
Dative		ὀρθῐ́ῳ orthíōi	ὀρθῐ́ᾳ orthíāi	ὀρθῐ́ῳ orthíōi		ὀρθῐ́οιν orthíoin	ὀρθῐ́αιν orthíain	ὀρθῐ́οιν orthíoin		ὀρθῐ́οις orthíois	ὀρθῐ́αις orthíais	ὀρθῐ́οις orthíois
Accusative		ὄρθῐον órthion	ὀρθῐ́ᾱν orthíān	ὄρθῐον órthion		ὀρθῐ́ω orthíō	ὀρθῐ́ᾱ orthíā	ὀρθῐ́ω orthíō		ὀρθῐ́ους orthíous	ὀρθῐ́ᾱς orthíās	ὄρθῐᾰ órthia
Vocative		ὄρθῐε órthie	ὀρθῐ́ᾱ orthíā	ὄρθῐον órthion		ὀρθῐ́ω orthíō	ὀρθῐ́ᾱ orthíā	ὀρθῐ́ω orthíō		ὄρθῐοι órthioi	ὄρθῐαι órthiai	ὄρθῐᾰ órthia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀρθῐ́ως orthíōs				ὀρθῐώτερος orthiṓteros				ὀρθῐώτᾰτος orthiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ὀρθί̆ᾱ (Orthíā)
• Ὄρθῐος (Órthios)

References

• “ὄρθιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὄρθιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὄρθιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὄρθιος 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
• ὄρθιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὄρθιος”, 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.
  • bristling idem, page 100.
  • column idem, page 144.
  • erect idem, page 281.
  • highest idem, page 400.
  • hill idem, page 400.
  • loud idem, page 501.
  • penetrating idem, page 603.
  • piercing idem, page 612.
  • rising idem, page 717.
  • sharp idem, page 762.
  • shrill idem, page 771.
  • sloping idem, page 785.
  • standing idem, page 811.
  • steep idem, page 815.
  • uphill idem, page 938.
  • upright idem, page 938.