katorthóma: very worthy deed, public reform Original Word: κατόρθωμα, ατος, τό Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: katorthóma Phonetic Spelling: (kat-or'-tho-mah) Short Definition: anything happily and successfully accomplished Definition: anything happily and successfully accomplished, a beneficial and worthy deed.
Word Origin variant reading for diorthóma, q.v.very worthy deed, public reformFrom a compound of kata and a derivative of orthos (compare diorthosis); something made fully upright, i.e. (figuratively) rectification (specially, good public administration) -- very worthy deed. see GREEK kata see GREEK orthos see GREEK diorthosis
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