Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.set straight,

1. in height, set upright, set up one fallen or lying down, raise up, “τὸν δ᾽ αἶψ᾽ ὤρθωσεν Ἀπόλλων” Il.7.272 ; “χερσὶ λαβὼν ὤρθωσε” 23.695, v. infr. 11.1 ; ὀρθοῦν κάρα, πρόσωπον, E.Hipp. 198 (anap.), Alc.388 (so in Med., “οὔατα ὀρθώσασθαι” Q.S.4.511) ; of buildings, raise up, rebuild, E.Tr.1161 ; “πολὺ τοῦ τείχους” X.HG4.8.10: generally, build, raise, “Ζηνὸς ὀρθῶσαι βρέτας τρόπαιον” E.Ph.1250; “ἔρυμα λίθοις καὶ ξύλοις” Th.6.66:—Pass., to be set upright, ἕζετο δ᾽ ὀρθωθείς he sat upright, Il.2.42, etc.; “ὀρθωθεὶς δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀγκῶνος” 10.80 ; “ὠρθοῦθ᾽ ὁ τλήμων ὀρθὸς ἐξ ὀρθῶν δίφρων” S.El.742 ; “ὀρθούμενοι ἐξιέναι” X.Cyr. 8.8.10, cf. 1.3.10 ; simply, rise from one's seat, stand up, A.Eu.708, S. Ph.820 ; rise up, “ὀρθωθεὶς εὐνῆθεν” A.R.2.197.

2. in direction, make straight, “τὰ διεστραμμένα τῶν ξύλων” Arist.EN1109b7, cf. X.Mem.3.10.15 ; “ὀρθώσατ᾽ ἐκτείνοντες ἄθλιον νέκυν” E.Hipp.786 :—Pass., ἢν τόδ᾽ ὀρθωθῇ βέλος if this dart go straight, S.Ph.1299 ; “παρὰ στάθμην . . ὀρθοῦται κανών” Id.Fr.474.

II. metaph. (from signf. 1.1) raise up, restore to health or happiness, “ἐκ κακῶν ἄνδρας ὀρθοῦσιν . . κειμένους” Archil.56.2 ; “ψυχῆς τελεότης σκήνεος μοχθηρίην ὀρθοῖ” Democr.187 ; “ὧδε ποιήσας ὀρθώσεις σεωυτόν” Hdt.3.122, cf. A.Th.229 (lyr.), S.OC394, etc.; “ὀ. βίον” Id.OT39 ; ὀ. ὕμνον raise it as a monument of glory, Pi.O.3.3, cf. I.1.46 ; also, exalt, honour, Σικελίαν, οἶκον, Id.N.1.15, I.6(5).65 ; make famous, Id.P.4.60, cf. Pl.La.181a ; ὀρθοῦν τὸν ὑπτιάζοντα λόγον restore it to vigour, Hermog.Id.2.1.

2. (from signf. 1.2) guide aright, “γνώμην” A.Ag.1475 (lyr.) ; “πόλλ᾽ ἁμαρτὼν οὐδὲν ὤρθωσας φρενί” Id.Supp.915 ; ὀ. ἀγῶνας, ξυμφοράς, bring them to a happy end, Id.Ch.584, Eu.897 ; “τὰ . . πόλεος θεοὶ . . σείσαντες ὤρθωσαν πάλιν” S.Ant.163 ; “τύχη τέχνην ὤρθωσεν” Men.Mon.495, cf. 625 :—Pass., of actions or persons acting, succeed, prosper, “ἢν ἡ διάβασις μὴ ὀρθωθῇ” Hdt.1.208; “στρατηγὸς πλεῖστ᾽ ἂν ὀρθοῖτο” Th.3.30, cf. 42 ; ὀρθοῦνται τὰ πλείω ib.37 ; “τὸ -ούμενον” success, Id.4.18 ; of persons and places, to be safe and happy, flourish, S. Ant.675, Antipho 5.7, Th.2.60 ; of words and opinions, to be right, be true, “οὕτως ὀρθοῖτ᾽ ἂν ὁ λόγος” Hdt.7.103 ; “ὀρθοῦσθαι γνώμην” E.Hipp. 247 (anap.); ἐν ἀγγέλῳ γὰρ κρυπτὸς ὀρθοῦται λόγος it lies with the messenger to set right a secret message, A.Ch.773 (κυπτὸς v. l. ap. Sch.Il.15.207, i. e. to straighten a crooked message).

3. Pass., “ὀρθουμένων” if all goes well, A.Eu.772.

III. intr., use the nominative case (opp. πλαγιάζω), Hermog.Id.1.3,9.