ὀρθῶς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) + -ως (-ōs, adverbial suffix)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.tʰɔ̂ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /orˈtʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /orˈθos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /orˈθos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /orˈθos/
Adverb
ὀρθῶς • (orthôs)
- correctly
- 399 BCE, Plato, Euthyphro 2c–2d:
- καὶ φαίνεταί μοι τῶν πολιτικῶν μόνος ἄρχεσθαι ὀρθῶς
- kaì phaínetaí moi tôn politikôn mónos árkhesthai orthôs
- 1966 translation by Harold North Fowler
- And he seems to me to be the only one of the public men who begins in the right way
- καὶ φαίνεταί μοι τῶν πολιτικῶν μόνος ἄρχεσθαι ὀρθῶς