ὀρθόδοξος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”) + -ος (-os, “noun of result or an abstract noun of action”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.tʰó.dok.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /orˈtʰo.dok.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /orˈθo.ðok.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /orˈθo.ðok.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /orˈθo.ðok.sos/
Adjective
ὀρθόδοξος • (orthódoxos) m or f (neuter ὀρθόδοξον); second declension
- orthodox (in religion)
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ὀρθόδοξος orthódoxos |
ὀρθόδοξον orthódoxon |
ὀρθοδόξω orthodóxō |
ὀρθοδόξω orthodóxō |
ὀρθόδοξοι orthódoxoi |
ὀρθόδοξᾰ orthódoxa | ||||||||
| Genitive | ὀρθοδόξου orthodóxou |
ὀρθοδόξου orthodóxou |
ὀρθοδόξοιν orthodóxoin |
ὀρθοδόξοιν orthodóxoin |
ὀρθοδόξων orthodóxōn |
ὀρθοδόξων orthodóxōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ὀρθοδόξῳ orthodóxōi |
ὀρθοδόξῳ orthodóxōi |
ὀρθοδόξοιν orthodóxoin |
ὀρθοδόξοιν orthodóxoin |
ὀρθοδόξοις orthodóxois |
ὀρθοδόξοις orthodóxois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ὀρθόδοξον orthódoxon |
ὀρθόδοξον orthódoxon |
ὀρθοδόξω orthodóxō |
ὀρθοδόξω orthodóxō |
ὀρθοδόξους orthodóxous |
ὀρθόδοξᾰ orthódoxa | ||||||||
| Vocative | ὀρθόδοξε orthódoxe |
ὀρθόδοξον orthódoxon |
ὀρθοδόξω orthodóxō |
ὀρθοδόξω orthodóxō |
ὀρθόδοξοι orthódoxoi |
ὀρθόδοξᾰ orthódoxa | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ὀρθοδόξως orthodóxōs |
ὀρθοδοξώτερος orthodoxṓteros |
ὀρθοδοξώτᾰτος orthodoxṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὀρθοδοξαστικός (orthodoxastikós)
- ὀρθοδοξέω (orthodoxéō)
- ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoxía)
Descendants
- → Latin: orthodoxus
Further reading
- ὀρθόδοξος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀρθόδοξος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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