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 • (órthĭos) 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 órthĭos	ὀρθῐ́ᾱ orthĭ́ā	ὄρθῐον órthĭon		ὀρθῐ́ω orthĭ́ō	ὀρθῐ́ᾱ orthĭ́ā	ὀρθῐ́ω orthĭ́ō		ὄρθῐοι órthĭoi	ὄρθῐαι órthĭai	ὄρθῐᾰ órthĭă
Genitive		ὀρθῐ́ου orthĭ́ou	ὀρθῐ́ᾱς orthĭ́ās	ὀρθῐ́ου orthĭ́ou		ὀρθῐ́οιν orthĭ́oin	ὀρθῐ́αιν orthĭ́ain	ὀρθῐ́οιν orthĭ́oin		ὀρθῐ́ων orthĭ́ōn	ὀρθῐ́ων orthĭ́ōn	ὀρθῐ́ων orthĭ́ōn
Dative		ὀρθῐ́ῳ orthĭ́ōi	ὀρθῐ́ᾳ orthĭ́āi	ὀρθῐ́ῳ orthĭ́ōi		ὀρθῐ́οιν orthĭ́oin	ὀρθῐ́αιν orthĭ́ain	ὀρθῐ́οιν orthĭ́oin		ὀρθῐ́οις orthĭ́ois	ὀρθῐ́αις orthĭ́ais	ὀρθῐ́οις orthĭ́ois
Accusative		ὄρθῐον órthĭon	ὀρθῐ́ᾱν orthĭ́ān	ὄρθῐον órthĭon		ὀρθῐ́ω orthĭ́ō	ὀρθῐ́ᾱ orthĭ́ā	ὀρθῐ́ω orthĭ́ō		ὀρθῐ́ους orthĭ́ous	ὀρθῐ́ᾱς orthĭ́ās	ὄρθῐᾰ órthĭă
Vocative		ὄρθῐε órthĭe	ὀρθῐ́ᾱ orthĭ́ā	ὄρθῐον órthĭon		ὀρθῐ́ω orthĭ́ō	ὀρθῐ́ᾱ orthĭ́ā	ὀρθῐ́ω orthĭ́ō		ὄρθῐοι órthĭoi	ὄρθῐαι órthĭai	ὄρθῐᾰ órthĭă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀρθῐ́ως orthĭ́ōs				ὀρθῐώτερος orthĭṓteros				ὀρθῐώτᾰτος orthĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ὀρθί̆ᾱ (Orthí̆ā)
• Ὄρθῐος (Órthĭos)

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.