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Strong's #2735 - κατόρθωμα
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- a right action, a successful achievement
- of wholesome public measures or institutions
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κατόρθ-ωμα, ατος, τό,
1. success, opp. εὐτύχημα, Arist. MM 1199a13, cf. Plb. 1.19.12, Str. 15.1.54, D.S. 13.22, Plu. Ma 10; of literary style, Longin. 33.1, 36.2: pl., opp. ἀποτεύγματα, Phld. Vit. p.35 J.; v.l. for διορθ -, Acts 24:2 (pl.).
2. that which is done rightly, virtuous action, in pl., opp. ἁμαρτήματα, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.295, al., cf. IG 5(2).268.15 (Mantinea, i B.C.), etc.; τῶν καθηκόντων τὰ τέλεια, = τὰ κ., Stoic. 3.134.
3. perfection, τέλος καὶ πέρας καὶ κ. Herm. in Phdr. p.173 A., cf. S.E. M. 9.16.
4. Gramm., correct use, opp. βαρβαρισμός, Ph. 1.124.
κατόρθωμα, κατορθωματος, τό (κατορθόω to make upright, erect), a right action, a successful achievement: plural of wholesome public measures or institutions, Acts 24:2 (3) (R G; see διόρθωμα); (3Macc. 3:23; Polybius, Diodorus, Strabo, Josephus, Plutarch, Lucian). Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 251; (Winer's 25).
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κατόρθωμα , -τος , τό ,
Rec, for διόρθωμα (q.v.), Acts 24:3.†
* διόρθωμα , -τος , τό
(< διορθόω , to make straight, set right),
a correction, reform: Acts 24:3.†
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With the TR of Acts 24:2 cf. CP Herm I. 125ii. 4 (A.D. 260–8) where a certain Aurelius Ploution is praised—τὰ μέγιστα κ [α ]τορθώματα κ [α ]τωρθώσας τῇ πατρί [δ ]ι, and cf. Syll 324.28 (i/B.C.) εὐερ [γέτην ὄντα καὶ πλεῖστα τ ]ῆι πόλει κατορθωσάμενον ἀγαθά. For the verb see further P Lond 130.31 (i/ii A.D.) (= I. p. 134) κατορθοῦται, Aristeas 251 κατορθοῦται γὰρ βίος, ὅταν ὁ κυβερνῶν εἰδῇ, πρὸς τίνα σκοπὸν δεῖ τὴν διέξοδον ποιεῖσθαι, and Menander Ἐπιτρέπ. 339 π [ό ]ει κατορθοῦν τοὺς λόγους οὓς ἂν λέγω. On the medical usage, see Hobart, p. 261 f.
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