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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[set straight]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> in height, [[set upright]], [[set up]] one fallen or lying down, [[raise up]], τὸν δ' αἶψ' ὤρθωσεν Ἀπόλλων Il.7.272; χερσὶ λαβὼν ὤρθωσε 23.695, v. infr. 11.1; <b class="b3">ὀρθοῦν κάρα, πρόσωπον</b>, E.''Hipp.'' 198 (anap.), ''Alc.''388 (so in Med., οὔατα ὀρθώσασθαι Q.S.4.511); of buildings, [[raise up]], [[rebuild]], E.''Tr.''1161; πολὺ τοῦ τείχους X.''HG''4.8.10: generally, [[build]], [[raise]], Ζηνὸς ὀρθῶσαι βρέτας τρόπαιον E.''Ph.''1250; ἔρυμα λίθοις καὶ ξύλοις Th.6.66:—Pass., to [[be set upright]], <b class="b3">ἕζετο δ' ὀρθωθείς</b> he sat [[upright]], Il.2.42, etc.; ὀρθωθεὶς δ' ἄρ' ἐπ' ἀγκῶνος 10.80; ὠρθοῦθ' ὁ τλήμων ὀρθὸς ἐξ ὀρθῶν δίφρων S.''El.''742; ὀρθούμενοι ἐξιέναι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 8.8.10, cf. 1.3.10; simply, [[rise from one's seat]], [[stand up]], A.''Eu.''708, S. ''Ph.''820; [[rise up]], ὀρθωθεὶς εὐνῆθεν A.R.2.197.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in direction, [[make straight]], τὰ διεστραμμένα τῶν ξύλων [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1109b7, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.10.15; ὀρθώσατ' ἐκτείνοντες ἄθλιον νέκυν E.''Hipp.''786:—Pass., <b class="b3">ἢν τόδ' ὀρθωθῇ βέλος</b> if this dart [[go straight]], S.''Ph.''1299; παρὰ στάθμην.. ὀρθοῦται κανών Id.''Fr.''474.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph. (from signf. 1.1) [[raise up]], [[restore to health]] or [[happiness]], ἐκ κακῶν ἄνδρας ὀρθοῦσιν.. κειμένους Archil.56.2; ψυχῆς τελεότης σκήνεος μοχθηρίην ὀρθοῖ Democr.187; ὧδε ποιήσας ὀρθώσεις σεωυτόν Hdt.3.122, cf. A.''Th.''229 (lyr.), S.''OC''394, etc.; ὀ. βίον Id.''OT''39; <b class="b3">ὀ. ὕμνον</b> [[raise]] it [[as a monument of glory]], Pi.''O.''3.3, cf. ''I.''1.46; also, [[exalt]], [[honour]], [[Σικελίαν]], [[οἶκον]], Id.''N.''1.15, ''I.''6(5).65; [[make famous]], Id.''P.''4.60, cf. Pl.''La.''181a; <b class="b3">ὀρθοῦν τὸν ὑπτιάζοντα λόγον</b> [[restore]] it to [[vigour]], Hermog.''Id.''2.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> (from signf. 1.2) [[guide aright]], γνώμην A.''Ag.''1475 (lyr.); πόλλ' ἁμαρτὼν οὐδὲν ὤρθωσας φρενί Id.''Supp.''915; <b class="b3">ὀ. ἀγῶνας, ξυμφοράς</b>, [[bring]] them [[to a happy end]], Id.''Ch.''584, ''Eu.''897; τὰ.. πόλεος θεοὶ.. σείσαντες ὤρθωσαν πάλιν S.''Ant.''163; τύχη τέχνην ὤρθωσεν Men.''Mon.''495, cf. 625:—Pass., of actions or persons acting, [[succeed]], [[prosper]], ἢν ἡ διάβασις μὴ ὀρθωθῇ Hdt.1.208; στρατηγὸς πλεῖστ' ἂν ὀρθοῖτο Th.3.30, cf. 42; <b class="b3">ὀρθοῦνται τὰ πλείω</b> ib.37; [[τὸ ὀρθούμενον]] = [[success]], Id.4.18; of persons and places, to [[be safe]] and [[happy]], [[flourish]], S. ''Ant.''675, Antipho 5.7, Th.2.60; of words and opinions, to [[be right]], [[be true]], οὕτως ὀρθοῖτ' ἂν ὁ λόγος Hdt.7.103; ὀρθοῦσθαι γνώμην E.''Hipp.'' 247 (anap.); <b class="b3">ἐν ἀγγέλῳ γὰρ κρυπτὸς ὀρθοῦται λόγος</b> it lies with the messenger to [[set right]] a secret message, A.''Ch.''773 ([[κυπτὸς]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] ap. Sch.Il.15.207, i.e. to [[straighten]] a crooked message).<br><span class="bld">3</span> Pass., ὀρθουμένων [[if all goes well]], A.''Eu.''772.<br><span class="bld">III</span> intr., [[use the nominative case]] (opp. [[πλαγιάζω]]), Hermog.''Id.''1.3,9.