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ὄρθιον

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βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels

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Russian (Dvoretsky)

ὄρθιον: I τό
1) подъем, крутизна (πρὸς ὄ. ἰέναι Xen.): τὰ ὄρθια Her. дороги, ведущие в глубь страны или глубинная часть страны;
2) муз. высокий регистр Luc.
II adv.
1) в гору, вверх (ἰέναι Xen.);
2) прямо (φεύγειν Xen.);
3) громко (φωνεῖν Pind.).

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