εὐθύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[εὐθεῖα]], [[εὐθύ]], Ion. and Ep. [[ἰθύς]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]: so always in Hom.and [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[straight]], [[direct]], whether vertically or horizontally, opp. [[σκολιός]], [[καμπύλος]], Pl.''Tht.''194b, ''R.''602c, etc.; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὸ εὐθὺ ἑστάναι</b> [[stand]]s [[still]] with [[reference]] to the [[vertical]], of a [[spinning top]], ib.436e; εὐ. [[πλόος]], ὁδοί, Pi.''O.''6.103, ''N.''1.25, etc.; εὐθυτέρα ὁδός [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.4; ὁδοὺς εὐθείας ἔτεμε Th.2.100; ῥόμβος ἀκόντων Pi.''O.''13.93; [[εὐθείᾳ]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὁδῷ]]) [[by the straight road]], Pl.''Lg.''716a; εὐθεῖαν ἕρπε A.''Fr.''195; <b class="b3">τὴν εὐ.</b> E.''Med.''384; ἐπ' εὐθείας D.S.19.38, Ascl.''Tact.''2.6, Plot.2.1.8; so also [[εἰς]] τὸ εὐθὺ βλέπειν X.''Eq.''7.17, etc.; <b class="b3">πλήρης τοῦ εὐθέος</b> [[tired]] of [[go]]ing [[straight forward]], ib.14; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐς τὸ εὐθὺ τῆς ῥητορικῆς ὁδός</b> the [[direct]] [[road]] to... Luc.''Rh.Pr.'' 10; [[κατ' εὐθύ]] = [[on level ground]], [[LXX]] ''3 Ki.''21.23; but <b class="b3">ἡ κατ' εὐ. τάσις</b> [[in the direct line]], Apollon.Cit.2; [[on the same side]], Gal.8.62; also, opp. [[εἰς τὸ ἐντός]], Plot.6.7.14.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in moral sense, [[straightforward]], [[frank]], of persons, εὐθὺν χρὴ τὸν ἑταῖρον ἔμμεν καὶ μὴ σκολιὰ φρονεῖν ''Scol.'' 16; κοινᾶνι παρ' εὐθυτάτῳ Pi.''P.''3.28; ῥῆτραι Tyrt.4.6; τόλμα Pi.''O.'' 13.12; δίκα Id.''N.''10.12; κρῖνε δ' εὐθεῖαν δίκην A.''Eu.''433, cf. Ἀρχ. Ἐφ. 1911.134 (Gonni); ὁ εὐθὺς λόγος E.''Hipp.''492; τὸ εὐθὺ τε καὶ τὸ ἐλεύθερον Pl.''Tht.''173a; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τοῦ εὐθέος λέγειν</b> to speak [[straight out]], Th.3.43; <b class="b3">ἐκ τοῦ εὐθέος ὑπουργεῖν</b> [[outright]], [[openly]], [[without reserve]], Id.1.34; <b class="b3">ἐκ τοῦ εὐθέος</b>, opp. <b class="b3">δι' αἰνιγμάτων</b>, Paus.8.8.3: in fem., τὴν εὐθεῖάν τινι συνειπεῖν Plu.''Cic.''7; ἁπλῶς καὶ δι' εὐθείας Id.2.408e; <b class="b3">ἀπ' εὐθείας</b> ib.57a, ''Fab.''3; [[κατ' εὐθεῖαν]] = [[by direct reasoning]], Dam.''Pr.''432; <b class="b3">μηδὲν ἐξ εὐθείας παρέχει</b> (an amulet) does no good [[directly]], Sor.2.42.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[εὐθεῖα]], ἡ, as [[substantive]],<br><span class="bld">a</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[γραμμή]]) [[straight line]], Arist.''APr.''49b35, al., Euc. 1 ''Def.''7, al.; <b class="b3">ἐπ' εὐθείας εἶναι</b> lie in a [[straight line]], Archim.''Con.Sph.''7, al.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτὴν εὐ., ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς εὐ. ἐκτείνειν</b>, in the same [[line]], Plb. 3.113.2,3; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μίαν εὐ.</b> ib.8: Comp., εὐθυτέρα ἡ γραμμὴ γίνεται Arist. ''Mech.''855a24.<br><span class="bld">b</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[πτῶσις]]) [[nominative case]], D.T.636.5, A.D. ''Pron.''6.11, etc.; <b class="b3">κατ' εὐθύ</b> in [[the nominative]], Arist.''SE''182a3.<br><span class="bld">B</span> as adverb, εὐθύς and εὐθύ, the former prop. of [[time]], the latter of [[place]], Phryn.119, etc.<br><span class="bld">I</span> εὐθύ, of [[place]], [[straight]], usually of motion or direction, εὐθὺ Πύλονδε [[straight to]]…, h.Merc.342; εὐθὺ πρὸς τὰ νυμφικὰ λέχη S.''OT''1242; <b class="b3">εὐ. [τὴν ἐπὶ] Βαβυλῶνος</b> [[straight towards]]... [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.2.37: and so c. gen., <b class="b3">εὐ. τῶν κυρηβίων, εὐθὺ Πελλήνης</b>, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''254, ''Av.''1421; εὐ.τοῦ Διός Id.''Pax''68; εὐ. τοὐρόφου Eup.47; εὐ. τῆς σωτηρίας Ar.''Pax''301, cf. Th.8.88, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀποθανούμενος ᾔει εὐ. τοῦ δαιμονίου</b> [[in opposition to]]... Pl.''Thg.''129a ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]); cf. [[ἰθύς]].<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">νῆσον οἰκεῖ εὐθὺ Ἴστρου</b> [[opposite]]... Max.Tyr.15.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[ἁπλῶς]], [[simply]], καλεῖν [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 3.8.2, cf. 9.13.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> rarely of [[time]], Philoch.144, Arist.''Rh.''1414b25, ''UPZ''77.27 (ii B.C.), ''PGrenf.''1.1.24 (ii B.C.), Aristeas 24, Luc.''Nav.''22.<br><span class="bld">II</span> εὐθύς,<br><span class="bld">1</span> of [[time]], [[straightway]], [[forthwith]], Pi.''O.''8.41; ὁ δ' εὐ. ὡς ἤκουσε A.''Pers.''361; ὁ δ' εὐ. ἐξῴμωξεν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''317; τὸ μὲν εὐ. τὸ δὲ καὶ διανοούμενον Th.1.1, cf. 5.3, 7.77; joined with other adverbial words, τάχα δ' εὐ. ἰών Pi.''P.''4.83; εὐ. κατὰ τάχος Th.6.101; <b class="b3">εὐ. παραχρῆμα</b> (v. sub [[παραχρῆμα]]); εὐ. ἀπ' αρχῆς Ar.''Pax''84 (anap.); εὐ. ἐξ ἀρχῆς [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.2.16; <b class="b3">ἐξ ἀρχῆς εὐ.</b> Arist.''Pol.''1287b10; εὐ. κατ' ἀρχάς Pl.''Ti.''24b; ἀφ' ἑσπέρας εὐ. ἤδη Luc. ''Gall.''1; <b class="b3">εὐ. ἐκ νέου, ἐκ παιδός</b>, [[even]] from one's youth, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 485d, 519a; εὐ. ἐκ παιδίου [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.20: with a part., εὐ. νέοι ὄντες Th.2.39; εὐ. ἥκων X.''An.''4.7.2; εὐ. ἀπεκτονώς D.23.127; <b class="b3">τοῦ θέρους εὐ. ἀρχομένου</b> [[just]] at the beginning of summer, Th.2.47; <b class="b3">ἀρξάμενος εὐ. καθισταμένου [τοῦ πολέμου]</b> from the [[very]] beginning of the war, Id.1.1; <b class="b3">εὐ. ἀποβεβηκότι</b> [[immediately]] on disembarking, Id.4.43; <b class="b3">εὐ. γενομένοις</b> at [[the moment of]] birth, Pl.''Tht.''186b: metaph., [[at once]], [[naturally]], <b class="b3">ὑπάρχει εὐθὺς γένη ἔχον τὸ ὄν</b> Being falls [[at once]] into genera, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1004a5, cf.''Po.''1452a14: with Subst., ἡ τῶν Ἰταλιωτῶν εὐθὺς φυγή Hdn.8.1.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> less freq. in a local relation, <b class="b3">ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως εὐ.</b> [[just]] above the city, Th.6.96; <b class="b3">παρ' αὐτὴν εὐ. ὁ ἔσπλους ἐστίν</b> [[directly]] past it (the mole), Id.8.90; <b class="b3">ἐγγύτατα τούτου εὐ. ἐχομένη</b> [[immediately]] adjoining this, ibid., cf. Theoc.25.23; <b class="b3">εὐ. ἐπὶ τὴν γέφυραν</b> Foed. ap. Th.4.118, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.2.1,2, 2.4.24, ''Ages.''1.29; <b class="b3">τὴν εὐ. Ἄργους κἀπιδαυρίας ὁδόν</b> the road [[leading straight to]] Argos, E.''Hipp.''1197 (condemned by Phot.); εὐ. Λυκείου Pherecr.110, cf. Arist.''HA''498a32, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of Manner, [[directly]], [[simply]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Pl.''Men.''100a.<br><span class="bld">4</span> like [[αὐτίκα]] ''ΙΙ'': [[for instance]], [[to take the first example that occurs]], ὥσπερ ζῷον εὐθύς Arist.''Pol.''1277a6, cf. ''Cael.''284b10, etc.; οἷον εὐθύς Cleom. 1.1, D.Chr.11.145.<br><span class="bld">C</span> regul. Adv. [[εὐθέως]], used just as [[εὐθύς]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''31, ''OC''994, E. ''Fr.''31, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 63a, etc.; <b class="b3">αἰσθόμενος εὐθέως</b> [[as soon as]] he perceived, Lys.3.11; ἐπεὶ εὐθέως ᾔσθοντο X.''HG''3.2.4; εὐθέως παραχρῆμα Antipho 1.20, D.52.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[εὐθύς]] B. II.4, <b class="b3">οἷον εὐθέως</b> as [[for example]], Plb.6.52.1,12.5.6 (dub. sens. in Hp.''Art.''55); so [[εὐ]]. alone, Ph.2.589. ([[εὐθέως]] is the commoner form in later Greek, ''PCair.Zen.''34.17 (iii B.C.), etc.)