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|mdlsjtxt=![[ὀρθός]], ή, όν<br />[[straight]], Lat. [[rectus]]:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> 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.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> in [[line]], [[straight]], [[right]], ὀρθὸς ἀντ' ἠελίοιο [[right]] [[opposite]] the sun, Hes.; ὀρθὴ [[ὁδός]] Theogn.; ὀρθὴν κελεύεις, i. e. ὀρθὴν ὁδόν με κελεύεις [[ἰέναι]], Ar.; δι' 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.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> βλέπειν ὀρθά, to see [[straight]], opp. to [[being]] [[blind]], Soph.; so, ἐξ ὀμμάτων ὀρθῶν, ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν, Lat. rectis oculis, Soph.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> metaph.,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[right]], [[safe]], [[happy]], [[prosperous]]:<br />a. from signf. 1, ὀρθὸν ἱστάναι τινά = ὀρθοῦν, to set up, [[restore]], Pind., Eur.; so, στάντες τ' ἐς ὀρθὸν καὶ πεσόντες [[ὕστερον]] Soph.; [[πλεῖν]] ἐπ' ὀρθῆς (sc. [[νεώς]], the [[state]] [[being]] represented as a [[ship]]), Soph.<br />b. from signf. II, κατ' ὀρθὸν [[ἐξελθεῖν]], of prophecies, Soph.; κατ' ὀρθὸν οὐρίσαι to [[waft]] in [[straight]] [[course]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[right]], true, [[correct]], Pind., Aesch., etc.; ὄρθ' 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]] 'tis [[right]], c. inf., Plat.:—Sup. ὀρθότατα Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[real]], [[genuine]], Arist.:— [[ὀρθῶς]], [[really]], [[truly]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> [[upright]], [[righteous]], [[just]], Soph., etc.; κατὰ τὸ ὀρθὸν δικάζειν Hdt.:—adv. [[ὀρθῶς]], [[rightly]], [[justly]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> of persons, [[steadfast]], [[firm]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> ἡ ὀρθή,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> (sub. ὁδόσ), v. supr. II.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> (sub. γωνίἀ a [[right]] [[angle]], Plat., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> (sub. πτῶσισ) the nominative, Lat. [[casus]] [[rectus]].<br /><b class="num">V.</b> adv. [[ὀρθῶς]], v. supr. III. 2-4.