Middle Orth

Middle Orth is a historical form of Orth used within the mathic world and tracked as a period label by The Dictionary. Some entries further subdivide it into “Early” and “Late,” signaling sense shifts within the broader period.

First Appearance and Context

• Identified through quotations attributed to THE DICTIONARY (4th edition, A.R. 3000), which contrasts senses across Old and later Orth and uses Middle Orth as one of the marked periods.
• In a narrative example, an avout’s oration is described as “perfect Middle Orth,” complete with footnotes in Old and Proto‑Orth, underscoring its learned register.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Serves as one of the period tags The Dictionary uses to qualify definitions, helping readers locate a term’s meaning within Orth’s historical development.
• Functions in practice as a formal, scholarly register still recognizable to Avout when discussing ideas or debating in public spaces.

Relationships

• One member of the Orth family of periods alongside Proto‑Orth, Old Orth, Praxic Orth, and New Orth. Some sources distinguish Early Middle Orth and Late Middle Orth as sub‑periods.
• Closely tied to The Dictionary’s citation system, which uses these labels to mark when meanings diverge.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Recognized in‑text as a polished, rhetorical manner of speaking; the “perfect Middle Orth” description highlights fluency in formal structures and references to older forms.
• Used in translations of older works, and as a benchmark against which other periods’ usages are compared.

Current Status/Location

• Actively employed as a label in The Dictionary and in conversation among avout to situate meanings and registers. The Early/Late subdivision appears where needed to clarify shifts within the period.