ὀρθός .ὀρθός, ή, όν straight, Lat. rectus: in height, upright, erect, Hom., Hdt., Attic; ὀρθὸν οὖς ἱστάναι, i. e. to give attentive ear, Soph.:—of buildings, standing with their walls entire, τὸ Πάνακτον ὀρθὸν παραδοῦναι Thuc. in line, straight, right, ὀρθὸς ἀντʼ ἠελίοιο right opposite the sun, Hes.; ὀρθὴ ὁδός Theogn.; ὀρθὴν κελεύεις, i. e. ὀρθὴν ὁδόν με κελεύεις ἰέναι, Ar.; διʼ ὀρθῆς (sc. ὁδοῦ) Soph.:—also, ὀρθᾷ χερί, ὀρθῷ ποδί straightway, Pind.; but ὀρθὸν πόδα τιθέναι is prob. to put the foot out, as in walking (cf. κατηρεφής I), Aesch. βλέπειν ὀρθά, to see straight, opp. to being blind, Soph.; so, ἐξ ὀμμάτων ὀρθῶν, ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν, Lat. rectis oculis, Soph. metaph., right, safe, happy, prosperous: from signf. 1, ὀρθὸν ἱστάναι τινά ὀρθοῦν, to set up, restore, Pind., Eur.; so, στάντες τʼ ἐς ὀρθὸν καὶ πεσόντες ὕστερον Soph.; πλεῖν ἐπʼ ὀρθῆς (sc. νεώς, the state being represented as a ship), Soph. from signf. II, κατʼ ὀρθὸν ἐξελθεῖν, of prophecies, Soph.; κατʼ ὀρθὸν οὐρίσαι to waft in straight course, Soph. right, true, correct, Pind., Aesch., etc.; ὄρθʼ ἀκούειν to be rightly called, Soph.; ὀρθῷ λόγῳ strictly speaking, in very truth, Hdt.:—so in adv., ὀρθῶς λέγειν Hdt.; ὀ. φράσαι Aesch., etc.; ὀρθῶς ἔχει ʼtis right, c. inf., Plat.:—Sup. ὀρθότατα Hdt. real, genuine, Arist.:— ὀρθῶς, really, truly, Plat. upright, righteous, just, Soph., etc.; κατὰ τὸ ὀρθὸν δικάζειν Hdt.:—adv. ὀρθῶς, rightly, justly, Thuc. of persons, steadfast, firm, Plat. ἡ ὀρθή, (sub. ὁδός) , v. supr. II. (sub. γωνία) a right angle, Plat., etc. (sub. πτῶσις) the nominative, Lat. casus rectus. adv. ὀρθῶς, v. supr. III. 2-4.