ὀρθός

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ὀρθός

Lacon.ὀρσός

ήdial.ᾱ́ όνadj of a person or animalupright, on one's feet, upas a position of the body, opp. bending, lying, or sim., esp. when rising fr. sleep, restless, ready to act or speakHom.remaining upright or on one's feet againon one's feetopp. fallingOd.as a sign of restored healthPi.of a person or animal, the body or part of itstraight and not crookedas a sign of health, beauty, youth, good breedingupright, straight, erecttallE. Pl. X. Arist.of a soulPl. D.of an ankle, fig.ref. to a good foundationPi. Call.raised to a position which is relatively highof the head, body, arms, or sim. upuprightA.of the head or ears, esp. of an animal, w.connot. of alertnessraisedHdt.of hairon endfr. fear, cold, aggressionIl.of a phalluserectE.Cyc. Ar.of a god, a personwith phallus erectCarm.Pop. Ar.of a footstanding firmready for action or the road ahead, sts.fig.A.of a horse rearingHdt. Theoc.of fish, leapingstraight upSimon.fig., of a city, people, armyaroused, excitedAtt.orats. Plb. Plu.w. play on sense 4, with erect phallusAr.in a position which is upright or extending outwardswhen held, placed, planted, bound or propped upof thingsvertical, upright, pointing upwardsOd. Pi. Hdt. S. E.of objects, esp. weapons, carried on the shoulder or held ready for actionuprightstraight outX. Plb. Plu. w. emphasis on length or heightstretching outwards or upwardsof a knifelong and straightE.of a cloud, the aitherrising hightallArchil. E.of a grave moundE.of a kind of head-dressHdt. Ar. Plb. Plu.of plantsX.remaining standing or set upright againopp. fallen or ruinedof buildingsstandingHdt. Th. Plu.of a chariot, siege-engineuprightopp. overturnedS. Plu.of a city-state, public or private affairs, opp. in danger or ruinS. Att.orats.of one's heart, a hopePi. S.extending in a straight lineof a row of treesstraightX.of an objectrising perpendicularPlb.of the rule of a builder, carpenter, mathematicianexact, trueThgn. E. Ar.of a piece of landwith straight boundariesPl.geom., of an anglerightPl.fem.sb.straight line or line at right anglesPl.right anglePl. Arist. Plb.vertical planePlb. of a road, path or course; also, of a course taken in thought, speech or actionwithout bends or diversiondirect, straightPi. S. E. Ar. Pl. D.of a furrow or crop rowPi. Theoc.of a ray of lightAr.fem.sb.straight road or courseS. Ar. D.quasi-advbl., of a person, animal or ship movingon a straight coursestraight, straight ahead, directS. E. Ar. D. Plb.of the eyes or gazestraight aheadw.connot. of honesty, opp. loweredS. E. X. Theoc.of thingsright in terms of a standard or principleright, proper, trueopp. inferior, incorrect, false, or sim.Pl. D. specif., of things relating to authorityupright in terms of standards or principlesof a city, leadership, laws, educationproper, good, rightPi. B. S. Pl.of an exchange, contract, currencyvalidPl. Arist.of a guiding handstraightPi. of a person, words or thinkingupright or correct in terms of truthupright, proper, true, correctPi. Hdt. Trag. Ar. Pl.of a name, term or definitionHdt. Pl. prep.phrs.εἰςἐςὀρθόνto an upright position, uprightS. E. Plu.in a straight direction, straightPl.κατ’ ὀρθόνon a straight pathS.rightly, correctlyS. Pl.ἐν ὀρθῷon a correct footing, soundlyPlb. ὀρθόνneut.sg.adv straight aheadX. ὀρθάneut.pl.adv straight aheadAr. in the right way, correctlyS. E. Pl. ὀρθῶςadv in the right directionon a roadS.straight aheadin terms of achievementsuccessfullyS. in a mathematically precise manneraccuratelyA. Hdt. E.in a manner which is right or appropriate in terms of the facts and truthcorrectly, rightly, trulyB. Hdt. Trag. Th.as an assent to another's statementE. Pl. in a manner which is right in terms of a standard or principlecorrectly, rightly, properlyappropriatelyHdt. Trag. Th. ὀρθόταταneut.pl.superl.adv in the straightest linePl. most accuratelypreciselyAntipho Pl.most correctly, rightlyproperlyHdt. Antipho Pl.

ShortDef

straight