ὀρθός (orthos): all forms
ὀρθός means “straight, upright, correct”. Below is its full declension in Ancient Greek.
Positive
Positive, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ὀρθός | ὀρθή | ὀρθόν | |
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| Genitive | ὀρθοῦ | ὀρθῆς | ὀρθοῦ | |
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| Dative | ὀρθῷ | ὀρθῇ | ὀρθῷ | |
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| Accusative | ὀρθόν | ὀρθήν | ὀρθόν | |
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| Vocative | ὀρθέ | ὀρθή | ὀρθόν | |
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Positive, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ὀρθοί | ὀρθαί | ὀρθά | |
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| Genitive | ὀρθῶν | ὀρθῶν | ὀρθῶν | |
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| Dative | ὀρθοῖς | ὀρθαῖς | ὀρθοῖς | |
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| Accusative | ὀρθούς | ὀρθάς | ὀρθά | |
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| Vocative | ὀρθοί | ὀρθαί | ὀρθά | |
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Positive, forms | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Forms | | | | ὀρθῶς |
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Comparative
Comparative, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ὀρθότερος | ὀρθοτέρα | ὀρθότερον | |
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| Genitive | ὀρθοτέρου | ὀρθοτέρας | ὀρθοτέρου | |
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| Dative | ὀρθοτέρῳ | ὀρθοτέρᾳ | ὀρθοτέρῳ | |
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| Accusative | ὀρθότερον | ὀρθοτέραν | ὀρθότερον | |
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| Vocative | ὀρθότερε | ὀρθοτέρα | ὀρθότερον | |
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Comparative, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ὀρθότεροι | ὀρθότεραι | ὀρθότερα | |
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| Genitive | ὀρθοτέρων | ὀρθοτέρων | ὀρθοτέρων | |
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| Dative | ὀρθοτέροις | ὀρθοτέραις · ὀρθοτέραφι · ὀρθοτέρᾳς | ὀρθοτέροις | |
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| Accusative | ὀρθοτέρους | ὀρθοτέρας | ὀρθότερα | |
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| Vocative | ὀρθότεροι | ὀρθότεραι | ὀρθότερα | |
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Comparative, forms | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Forms | | | | ὀρθότερον |
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Superlative
Superlative, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ὀρθότατος | ὀρθοτάτη | ὀρθότατον | |
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| Genitive | ὀρθοτάτου | ὀρθοτάτης | ὀρθοτάτου | |
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| Dative | ὀρθοτάτῳ | ὀρθοτάτῃ | ὀρθοτάτῳ | |
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| Accusative | ὀρθότατον | ὀρθοτάτην | ὀρθότατον | |
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| Vocative | ὀρθότατε | ὀρθοτάτη | ὀρθότατον | |
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Superlative, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ὀρθότατοι | ὀρθόταται | ὀρθότατα | |
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| Genitive | ὀρθοτάτων | ὀρθοτάτων | ὀρθοτάτων | |
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| Dative | ὀρθοτάτοις | ὀρθοτάταις | ὀρθοτάτοις | |
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| Accusative | ὀρθοτάτους | ὀρθοτάτας | ὀρθότατα | |
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| Vocative | ὀρθότατοι | ὀρθόταται | ὀρθότατα | |
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Superlative, forms | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Forms | | | | ὀρθότατα |
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Meaning and examples of ὀρθός
Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.