ὀρθῶς

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) +‎ -ως (-ōs, adverbial suffix)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /or.tʰɔ̂ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /orˈtʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /orˈθos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /orˈθos/
(15^th 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

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