Lexicon / G7976
κατορθόω
katorthoō
  • to keep straight

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Glosses: to keep straight

1. to set upright, erect , (Euripides):—;metaphorically to keep straight, set right , (Sophocles Tragicus)

2. to accomplish successfully, bring to a successful issue , (Plato Philosophus): —;Pass. to succeed, prosper , (Herdotus Historicus); δρᾶν κατώρθωσαι thou hast rightly purposed to do, (Aeschulus Tragicus)

3. intransitive as in Pass. to go on prosperously, succeed , (Thucydides); τὸ κατορθοῦν success , (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)