ἰθύς

English (LSJ)

(A) [ῑ], ἰθεῖα, ἰθύ, Ion. fem.

   A ἰθέα Hdt.2.17, Eus.Mynd.63 (but ἰθείης, ῃ, αν are prob. in oblique cases)<*> Comp. ἰθύντερος Hdn.Gr.2.927: Sup. ἰθύντατος or -ύτατος (v. infr.):—Ion. and Ep. form of Att. εὐθύς:    1 straight, used by Hom. in this sense only in Adv. ἰθύς (infr. 11); ἰθείῃ τέχνῃ straightway, forthwith, Hdt.9.57; ἰθέα ὁδός Id.2.17; ἰθεῖαν (sc. ὁδόν) straight on, Id.7.193; ἐκ τῆς ἰθείης outright, openly, Id.2.161, al.; ἰ. ἀτραπός Nic.Th.265, cf. AP10.3; ἰθύντατον ἴχνος D.P.651; γραφίδες ἰθύταται AP6.63 (Damoch.); ἰθύτατον ὄρος steepest, App.Hisp.1.    2 in moral sense, straight-forward, just, εἰ δ' ἄγ' ἐγὼν αὐτὸς δικάσω, . . ἰθεῖα γὰρ ἔσται [ἡ δίκη] Il.23.580; ἰθείῃσι δίκῃσιν h.Cer.152, Hes.Th.86, cf.Op.36; opp. σκολιαὶ δίκαι, ib.224: in Sup. Adv., δίκην ἰθύντατα εἰπεῖν to give judgement the most fairly, Il. 18.508; later οὔποτε δουλείη κεφαλὴ ἰθεῖα πέφυκεν Thgn.535; πρήξιες ἰθύτεραι Id.1026; Δίκα ἰθεῖα B.14.54; ἰθύς τε καὶ δίκαιος Hdt.1.96; λόγος ἰ ib.118.    II ἰθύς, or less freq. ἰθύ, as Adv., straight at, mostly c. gen. objecti, βῆ ῥ' ἰθὺς Διομήδεος Il.5.849, cf. 16.584; ἰθὺς κίεν οἴκου went straight towards the dwelling, 24.471, cf. Od.15.511; ἰθὺ βέλος πέτετ' οὐδ' ἀπολήγει Il.20.99; ἔπλεε ἰθὺ τοῦ Ἴστρου Hdt.4.89; ἰθὺ τῆς ἀρχῆς τῆς Τομύριος 1.207, cf. 6.95, al.; ἰθὺ βαδίζειν Semus 20; ἰθὺς πρὸς τεῖχος ἔκιον Il.12.137; ἰθὺς ἐπὶ Θεσσαλίης Hdt.5.64.    2 abs., ἰθὺς φρονέων resolving to go straight on, Il.12.124, cf. 13.135; ἰθὺς μεμαώς 11.95, etc.; of a bird's flight, SIG1167.7 (Ephesus, vi B.C.); ἰθὺς μαχέσασθαι to fight face to face, Il.17.168; μένος χειρῶν ἰθὺς φέρον 5.506; also τέτραπτο πρὸς ἰθύ οἱ (v.l. πρὸς ἰθύν, cf. sq.) he fronted him face to face, 14.403; κατ' ἰθὺ γούνασιν opposite, i.e. vertically below, the knees, Hp.Off.3; of Time, straightway, Hdt.3.58.    3 regul. Adv. ἰθέως Id.2.121.β, al.; πλέειν ἰθέως ἐπὶ τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον Id.8.108.
ἰθύς (B) [ῑθῡ], ἡ, used by Hom. only in acc. ἰθύν:    1 ἀν' ἰθύν,= against, πρὸς ῥόον ἀΐσσοντος ἀν' ἰθύν against the stream, Il.21.303; ἐπεὶ δὴ σφαίρῃ ἀν' ἰθὺν πειρήσαντο in throwing straight upwards, Od. 8.377; πρὸς ἰθύν v.l. in Il.14.403.    2 enterprise, οἷσι μάλιστα πεποίθεα πᾶσαν ἐπ' ἰθύν Od.4.434; ἄριστοι πᾶσαν ἐπ' ἰθύν ἐστε μάχεσθαί τε φρονέειν τε Il.6.79; γυναικῶν γνώομεν ἰθύν their mood, designs, Od.16.304; ἐμὴν ἰ. dub. in h.Ap.539.