ὀρθοέπεια
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- correct diction, especially in poetry
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (straight, correct, true, correction, upright, ortho, right) + Ancient Greek ἔπος (word, song, speech, epic, story, talk).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἔπος
Gloss
word, song, speech, epic, story, talk
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
辞
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- epeolatry English
- ortho- English
- orthoepic English
- orthoepical English
- orthoepist English
- orthoepy English
- epos Latin
- orthoepia Latin
- orthopaedia Latin
- Epos German
- ortografia Italian
- ortho- French
- orthoépie French
- orthoépique French
- ортоклаз Russian
- ортопедия Russian
- νήπιος Ancient Greek
- ἐπικός Ancient Greek
- ἐποποιία Ancient Greek
- ἔπος Ancient Greek
- ὀρθόδοξος Ancient Greek
- ὀρθός Ancient Greek
- ὀρθόω Ancient Greek
- ὀρθῶς Ancient Greek
- *wekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- anortositt Norwegian Bokmål
- オルト Japanese
- anortositt Norwegian Nynorsk
- epos Danish
- ορθο- Greek (modern)
- *ortʰwós Proto-Hellenic
- *wékʷos Proto-Hellenic