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Gloss straight up, steep, uphill,
ὄρθιος,α,ον, Att. alsoος,ον
Th. 5.58 : (ὀρθός) :—
A. straight up, steep, uphill,
οἶμος
Hes. Op. 290
; πάγοι
S. Fr. 89
; πρόσβασις
E. El. 489
; ὁδός
X. An. 1.2.21
, etc. ;ὄρθιον ἑτέραν(sc.ὁδὸν) ἐπορεύοντο
Th.
l.c. ;ὄρθιονorπρὸς ὄρθιον ἰέναιmarchuphill,
X. An. 4.6.12 , HG 2.4.15 ;ἡ ἀρετὴ πρὸς ὄρθιον ἄγουσαleadingby a steep path,
Id. Cyr. 2.2.24 ;πρὸς ὀρθίῳonrising ground,opp.ἐν ἐπιπέδῳ,
Id. HG 6.4.14 ;κατὰ τοῦ ὀ.by asteep descent,
Close Browse lexicon entries Arr. An. 1.1.8 ;τὰ ὄ.the countryfrom the coast upwards, τὰ ἐς μεσόγαιαν φέροντα,
; esp. of hair, ὀ. στῆσαι τρίχας
; τριχὸς ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται
(lyr.), cf. E. Hel. 632 (lyr.) ; alsoὄ. ἐφιστὰς τὸ οὖςpricking up the ear, Luc. Tim. 23 ; of animals,rampant,
II. of the voice,high-pitched, shrill,
, Ichn. 40 ; ὀρθία σάλπιγγος ἠχώ
: more freq. the neut. asAdv.,ἤϋσε . . ὄρθιαshe criedaloud,
Il. 11.11 (not found elsewh. in Hom. ) ; ἰάχησε δ' ἄρ' ὄρθια φωνῇ
, cf. 432 ; soὄρθιον ὤρυσαι, φωνεῖν,
Pi. O. 9.109 , N. 10.76 ; ὄρθιον ἀντηλάλαξε . . ἠχώ
; ἐσήμην' ὄρθιον σάλπιγγι
2. νόμος ὄ.a traditional melodyof very high pitch(cf. Arist. Pr. 920b20 ), Hdt. 1.24 , Ar. Eq. 1279 , etc.: pl., ὀρθίοις ἐν νόμοις
(lyr.); alsoὁ ὄρθιοςalone, Ar. Ach. 16 , etc., cf. Sapph. Supp. 20c . 4 ( p.78 Lobel); μελῳδία ὄ.
b. ὄρθιος,ὁ,in Metre, the foot - - <*>, Aristid.Quint. 1.16 , cf. Plu. 2.1140f , Bacch. Harm. 101 .
III. in military language,formed in column,opp. in line or extended front, ὀ. ποιεῖσθαι τοὺς λόχους
, cf. An. 4.8.10 ;προσβάλλειν ὀ. τοῖς λόχοιςib. 4.2.11 ;ἄγειν τοὺς λόχους ὀ.bring them upin column,ib. 4.3.17 ; προῆγεν [αὐτοὺς] ὀ. ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους
b. of stones in building,engaged lengthwisein the wall, i.e. with only the short sides showing,headers(opp. stretchers) τιθέντας τοὺς λίθους ὀρθίους ἐν γύψῳ
IV. generally, like ὀρθός ,straight,opp. crooked, φλέψ
: metaph., ἤθη ὄ. straight-forwardness,
V. ὀρθία(sc.γωνία)a right angle,
2. -ία,ἡ, latus rectumof a conic, Apollon.Perg. 1.11 , al.
3. ὀ. διάμετρος conjugatediameter of a two-branched curve, Id. 1
VI. Ὄρθιος,epith. of Asclepius, IG 42(1).459 (Epid.).
References Hes. Op. 290 S. Fr. 89 E. El. 489 X. An. 1.2.21 Th. X. An. 4.6.12 HG 2.4.15 Id. Cyr. 2.2.24 Id. HG 6.4.14 Arr. An. 1.1.8 Hdt. 4.101 Id. 9.102 E. Andr. 10 S. OC 1624 A. Th. 564 E. Hel. 632 Luc. Tim. 23 Pi. P. 10.36 A. Ch. 751 S. Ant. 1206 Id. El. 683 Ichn. 40 E. Tr. 1266 Il. 11.11 Hom. h.Cer. 20 432 Pi. O. 9.109 N. 10.76 A. Pers. 389 E. Heracl. 830 Arist. Pr. 920b20 Hdt. 1.24 Ar. Eq. 1279 A. Ag. 1153 Ar. Ach. 16 Sapph. Supp. 20c 4 p.78 Plu. 2.1140f Aristid.Quint. 1.16 Bacch. Harm. 101 X. Cyr. 3.2.6 An. 4.8.10 4.2.11 4.3.17 Plb. 11.23.2 Polyaen. 5.16.1 Ph. Bel. 80.21 Hp. Aph. 5.68 Gal. 11.218 X. Cyn. 6.14 15 Thphr. CP 3.6.3 Aen.Tact. 32.2 Plu. Sull. 1 Id. Cat.Ma. 6 Id. 2.373f Apollon.Perg. 1.11 Id. 1 Def. 1 IG 42(1).459 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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