ὀρθόδοξος

See also: ορθόδοξος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Late Antiquity, exclusively in the Christian context, from about the 4th or 5th century. Compound of ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) +‎ δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”) +‎ -ος (-os, “noun of result or an abstract noun of action”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /or.tʰó.dok.sos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /orˈtʰo.dok.sos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /orˈθo.ðok.sos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /orˈθo.ðok.sos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /orˈθo.ðok.sos/

Adjective

ὀρθόδοξος • (orthódoxos) m or f (neuter ὀρθόδοξον); second declension

orthodox (in religion)

Inflection

Second declension of ὀρθόδοξος; ὀρθόδοξον (Attic)

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 orthódoxă
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 orthódoxă
Vocative	ὀρθόδοξε orthódoxe	ὀρθόδοξον orthódoxon	ὀρθοδόξω orthodóxō	ὀρθοδόξω orthodóxō	ὀρθόδοξοι orthódoxoi	ὀρθόδοξᾰ orthódoxă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ὀρθοδόξως orthodóxōs		ὀρθοδοξώτερος orthodoxṓteros		ὀρθοδοξώτᾰτος orthodoxṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὀρθοδοξαστικός (orthodoxastikós)
ὀρθοδοξέω (orthodoxéō)
ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoxía)

Descendants

Greek: ορθόδοξος (orthódoxos)
→ Arabic: أُرْثُوذُكْس (ʔurṯūḏuks)
→ Hebrew: אורתודוקסי
→ Latin: orthodoxus
- Catalan: ortodox
- → English: orthodox
- French: orthodoxe
  - → Ottoman Turkish: اورتودوقس (Ortodoks)
    - Turkish: Ortodoks
  - → Persian: ارتدکس (ortodoks)
- → German: orthodox
- Italian: ortodosso
- Portuguese: ortodoxo
- Romanian: ortodox
- Spanish: ortodoxo
→ Old Armenian: ուղղափառ (ułłapʻaṙ) (calque)
→ Old Church Slavonic: православьнъ (pravoslavĭnŭ) (calque)
- Bulgarian: православен (pravoslaven)
- Macedonian: православен (pravoslaven)
- → Belarusian: правасла́ўны (pravasláŭny)
- → Romanian: pravoslavnic
- → Russian: правосла́вный (pravoslávnyj)
  - → Polish: prawosławny
- → Ukrainian: правосла́вний (pravoslávnyj)
→ Russian: правосла́вие (pravoslávije) (calque)