03717

@LINK ὀρθός

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3717. ὀρθός ὀρθός, ή, όν 0. straight, Lat. rectus:
I. 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.
II. 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.
2. βλέπειν ὀρθά, to see straight, opp. to being blind, Soph.; so, ἐξ ὀμμάτων ὀρθῶν, ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν, Lat. rectis oculis, id=Soph.
III. metaph.,
1. right, safe, happy, prosperous:
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), id=Soph.
b. from signf. II, κατ᾽ ὀρθὸν ἐξελθεῖν, of prophecies, id=Soph.; κατ᾽ ὀρθὸν οὐρίσαι to waft in straight course, id=Soph.
2. 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 id=Hdt.; ὀ. φράσαι Aesch., etc.; ὀρθῶς ἔχει 'tis right, c. inf., Plat.:—Sup. ὀρθότατα Hdt.
3. real, genuine, Arist.:— ὀρθῶς, really, truly, Plat.
4. upright, righteous, just, Soph., etc.; κατὰ τὸ ὀρθὸν δικάζειν Hdt.:—adv. ὀρθῶς, rightly, justly, Thuc.
5. of persons, steadfast, firm, Plat.
IV. ἡ ὀρθή,
1. (sub. ὁδός), v. supr. II.
2. (sub. γωνία) a right angle, id=Plat., etc.
3. (sub. πτῶσις) the nominative, Lat. casus rectus.
V. adv. ὀρθῶς, v. supr. III. 2-4.

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3717. ὀρθός ojrqovs orthos {or-thos'}
probably from the base of 3735; right (as rising), i.e. (perpendicularly) erect (figuratively, honest), or (horizontally) level or direct:--straight, upright. see GREEK for 3735

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3717 kaphal kaw-fal'

a primitive root; to fold together; figuratively, to
repeat:--double.