ὀρθόπολις
From LSJ
ἰὼ, σκότος, ἐμὸν φάος, ἔρεβος ὦ φαεννότατον, ὡς ἐμοί, ἕλεσθ' ἕλεσθέ μ' οἰκήτορα → ah, darkness that is my light, gloom that is most bright for me, take me, take me to dwell in you
English (LSJ)
εως, ὁ, ἡ,
A upholding the city, Pi.O.2.7, BCH23.302 (Termessus).
German (Pape)
[Seite 375] Städte aufrecht erhaltend, lenkend, Pind. Ol. 2, 8.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀρθόπολις: -εως, ὁ, ἡ, ὁ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ δικαιοσύνῃ ὀρθῶν καὶ σῴζων τὰς πόλεις, Πινδ. Ο. 2. 14, πρβλ. ἐρυσίπολις, σῳζόπολις.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ὁ, ἡ)
qui dirige sagement la Cité.
Étymologie: ὀρθός, πόλις.
English (Slater)
ὀρθόπολις m. adj.,
1 who makes the city secure (cf. Williger, Sprachl. Unters., 11̆{3}) Θήρωνα εὐωνύμων πατέρων ἄωτον ὀρθόπολιν (O. 2.7)
