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διορθ-όω

diorthoo

make straight

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διορθ-όω · diorth-oō — LSJ

make straight

make straight, Hp. Art. 38.

2 tell, aright

δ. λόγον tell my tale aright, Pi. O. 7.21.

II set right, restore to order, make up, amend, correct, revise, amend for oneself, make good, redeem, pay off, maintain in argument, take full security

set right, restore to order, Isoc. 9.47; δ. λόγοις ἔριν make up a quarrel, E. Hel. 1159 (lyr.); δ. ἀδικήματα amend them, Plb. 4.24.4; δ. τὴν Ἰλιάδα correct or revise it, Plu. Alex. 8, cf. Alc. 7 (Pass.), Porph. Plot. 7, al.:—Med., amend for oneself, διορθοῦσθαι τὰ μέλλοντα Isoc. 4.181; τἀγνοούμενα D. Ep. 1.3; σφᾶς αὐτούς Plb. 24.10.12; δ. πίστιν make good, redeem it, Id. 1.7.12; τὰ προσοφειλόμενα pay off, Id. 12.28.5 (cf. III); maintain in argument, Aeschin. 2.112:—but freq. like Act., ἐξέστω δι

III pay

pay, τὸ λοιπόν PHib. 1.63.13 (iii B. C.); τόκον POxy. 483.16 (ii A. D.):—Med., PRev.Laws 18.14, al. (iii B. C.); φόρους PEleph. 14.1 (iii B. C.), cf. PSI 5.509.13 (iii B. C.), etc.; ἀργύριον BCH 46.420 (Caria, i B. C.).

IV reconcile

reconcile, τινά τινι Philostr. VS 1.17.2.

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