εὐθύνω
ὅταν δὲ τἄμ' ἀθυμήσαντ' ἴδῃς, σύ μου τὸ δεινὸν καὶ διαφθαρὲν φρενῶν ἴσχναινε παραμυθοῦ θ' → whenever you see me despondent over my situation, do what you can to lessen and relieve what is wild and senseless in my thinking | whenever you see me despondent, you must cure the grim derangement of my mind and encourage me
English (LSJ)
(εὐθύς) = the Homeric ἰθύνω (which is a freq. v.l., as in A.Pers.773): —
A guide straight, direct, οἰωνὸν γνώμῃ στομίων ἄτερ εὐθύνων Id.Pr.289; εὐ. ἡνίας Ar.Av.1739 (lyr.); [ἅρματα] Isoc.1.32; εὐ. δόρυ steer the bark straight, E.Cyc.15; εὐ. πλάτην Id.Hec.39; ὁ εὐθύνων the helmsman, Ep.Jac.3.4; εὐ. ἀγέλας lead or drive them, X.Cyr.1.1.2; εὐ. χερσί manage, guide him, S.Aj.542; εὐ. πόδα E.Heracl.728, etc. 2 metaph., direct, govern, Κύρου δὲ παῖς . . ηὔθυνε στρατόν A.Pers.773; πᾶσαν εὐθύνων πόλιν S.Ant.178, cf. 1164, E.Hec.9, Pl.Min.320d. 3 make straight, straighten, opp. κάμπτειν, πτέρυγας Arist.IA709b10:— Pass., Id.Mete.385b32. II make or put straight, εὐ. δίκας σκολιάς make crooked judgements straight, Sol.4.37; εὐ. λαοῖς δίκας Pi.P.4.153; εὐ. οὖρον send a straight fair wind, Id.O.13.28; εὐ. ὄλβον Id.P. 1.46; ὥσπερ ξύλον διαστρεφόμενον . . εὐ. ἀπειλαῖς καὶ πληγαῖς Pl.Prt. 325d, cf. 326e. III examine the conduct of an official, Id.Plt. 299a; εὐ. τὰς ἀρχάς Arist.Pol.1271a6, 1274a17, al.:—Pass., c. gen., -όμενος τῆς ἐφορείας Id.Rh.1419a31. 2 c. gen. criminis, call to account for... τινα κλοπῆς Plu.Cic.9:—Pass., τῶν ἀδικημάτων ηὐθύνθη Th.1.95; οἱ -όμενοι the culprits, Mitteis Chr.31 iii 10 (ii B.C.), cf. Notiz.Arch.4.21 (Cyrene, i B.C.): c. dat., εὐ. φόνῳ PTeb.14.4 (ii B.C.); to be mulcted, punished, ἐπί τινι D.C.Fr.90, al.: abs., IG12.41.6; ἑκατὸν δραχμῆσι ib.4.15, al. 3 generally, refute or censure, τοὺς λόγους τινός Phld.Piet.67; τὴν Φιλίστου διάλεκτον Plu.Nic.1:—Pass., to be refuted, δι' αὐτῶν τῶν φαινομένων Phld.Sign.30, cf. Plot.3.6.13; but also, to be critically examined, Id.4.6.13. 4 examine by torture, Procop.Goth.3.32 (Pass). IV intr., serve as εὔθυνος, Pl.Lg.946d.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1071] (εὐθύς), ion. ίθύνω, gerade machen, richten, ῶσπερ ξύλον διαστρεφόμενον εὐθύνουσιν ἀπειλαῖς καὶ πληγαῖς Plat. Prot.. 325, d; richten, lenken, τὸν δ' οἰωνὸν γνώμ στομίωιν ἄτερ Aesch. Prom,. 287, χερσὶν παῖδα Soph. Ai. 542. das Kind an der Hand führen, πόλιν. Ant. 178, λαὸν δορί Eur. Hec. 9; ἀμφῆρες δόρυ, das Schiff, Cycl. 15, ἡ νίας Ar. Av. 1738. ἅρματα Isocr. 1, 32. Uebertr., ἐπέων οὖρον ἐπί τινα Pind. N. 6, 29; ὄλβον καὶ κτεάνων δόσιν, Glück verleihen, P. 1, 46; λαοῖς δίκας, das Recht verwalten, 4, 153; δίκας σκολιάς Solon bei Dem. 19, 255 (V. 36), wieder gerade machen, verbessern. Dah., wie Plat. Prot. 326 e sagt, ὡς εὐθυνούσης τῆς δίκης, in Beziehung auf die Strafe, zurechtweisen, bestrafen, tadeln; Plut. u. a. Sp. – Zur Rechenschaft ziehen, εἰς τούτους εἰσάγειν τοὺς ἄρξαντας καὶ εὐθύνειν Plat. Polit. 299 a; ἡ τῶν ἐφόρων ἀρχὴ πάσας εὐθύνει τὰς ἀρχάς Arist. rhet. 2, 9; εὐθύνεσθαι τῆς ἐφορίας, darüber zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden, 3, 18; vgl. τῶν ἀδικημάτων εὐθύνθη Thuc. 1, 95, D. Hal. 11, 46; verurtheilen, προβατείαις εὐθύνειν, Plut. Poplic. 11, zu einer Strafe, die in Schaafen entrichtet wird. – Das Amt des εὔθυνος verwalten, Plat. Legg. XII, 946 c.