ἰθύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A) [<b class="b3">ῑ], ἰθεῖα, ἰθύ</b>, Ion. fem. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἰθέα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Eus.Mynd.63</span> (but [[ἰθείης]], [[ῃ]], [[αν]] are prob. in oblique cases)<abbr title="Illegible text in print source">†</abbr> Comp. [[ἰθύντερος]] Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.927</span>: Sup. [[ἰθύντατος]] or <b class="b3">-ύτατος</b> (v. infr.):—Ion. and Ep. form of Att. [[εὐθύς]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[straight]], used by Hom. in this sense only in Adv. [[ἰθύς]] (infr. ''ΙΙ''); <b class="b3">ἰθείῃ τέχνῃ</b> [[straightway]], [[forthwith]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.57</span>; ἰθέα ὁδός <span class="bibl">Id.2.17</span>; [[ἰθεῖαν]] (sc. [[ὁδόν]]) [[straight on]], <span class="bibl">Id.7.193</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῆς ἰθείης</b> [[outright]], [[openly]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.161</span>, al.; ἰ. ἀτραπός <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>265</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>10.3; ἰθύντατον ἴχνος <span class="bibl">D.P.651</span>; γραφίδες ἰθύταται <span class="title">AP</span>6.63 (Damoch.); <b class="b3">ἰθύτατον ὄρος</b> [[steepest]], <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Hisp.</span>1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in moral sense, [[straight-forward]], [[just]], <b class="b3">εἰ δ' ἄγ' ἐγὼν αὐτὸς δικάσω, . . ἰθεῖα γὰρ ἔσται [ἡ δίκη</b>] <span class="bibl">Il.23.580</span>; ἰθείῃσι δίκῃσιν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>152</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>86</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Op.</span>36</span>; opp. <b class="b3">σκολιαὶ δίκαι</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">224</span>: in Sup. Adv., <b class="b3">δίκην ἰθύντατα εἰπεῖν</b> to give judgement [[the most fairly]], <span class="bibl">Il. 18.508</span>; later οὔποτε δουλείη κεφαλὴ ἰθεῖα πέφυκεν <span class="bibl">Thgn.535</span>; πρήξιες ἰθύτεραι <span class="bibl">Id.1026</span>; Δίκα ἰθεῖα <span class="bibl">B.14.54</span>; ἰθύς τε καὶ δίκαιος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.96</span>; <b class="b3">λόγος ἰ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">118</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[ἰθύς]], or less freq. [[ἰθύ]], as Adv., [[straight at]], mostly c. gen. objecti, βῆ ῥ' ἰθὺς Διομήδεος <span class="bibl">Il.5.849</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.584</span>; <b class="b3">ἰθὺς κίεν οἴκου</b> went [[straight towards]] the dwelling, <span class="bibl">24.471</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.15.511</span>; ἰθὺ βέλος πέτετ' οὐδ' ἀπολήγει <span class="bibl">Il.20.99</span>; ἔπλεε ἰθὺ τοῦ Ἴστρου <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.89</span>; ἰθὺ τῆς ἀρχῆς τῆς Τομύριος <span class="bibl">1.207</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.95</span>, al.; ἰθὺ βαδίζειν <span class="bibl">Semus 20</span>; ἰθὺς πρὸς τεῖχος ἔκιον <span class="bibl">Il.12.137</span>; ἰθὺς ἐπὶ Θεσσαλίης <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.64</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs., <b class="b3">ἰθὺς φρονέων</b> resolving to go [[straight on]], <span class="bibl">Il.12.124</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.135</span>; ἰθὺς μεμαώς <span class="bibl">11.95</span>, etc.; of a bird's flight, <span class="title">SIG</span>1167.7 (Ephesus, vi B.C.); <b class="b3">ἰθὺς μαχέσασθαι</b> to fight [[face to face]], <span class="bibl">Il.17.168</span>; μένος χειρῶν ἰθὺς φέρον <span class="bibl">5.506</span>; also <b class="b3">τέτραπτο πρὸς ἰθύ οἱ</b> (v.l. [[πρὸς ἰθύν]], cf. sq.) he fronted him [[face to face]], <span class="bibl">14.403</span>; <b class="b3">κατ' ἰθὺ γούνασιν</b> [[opposite]], i.e. [[vertically below]], the knees, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Off.</span>3</span>; of Time, [[straightway]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.58</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> regul. Adv. ἰθέως <span class="bibl">Id.2.121</span>.[[β]], al.; πλέειν ἰθέως ἐπὶ τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον <span class="bibl">Id.8.108</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">ἰθύς</span> (B) [<b class="b3">ῑθῡ], ἡ</b>, used by Hom. only in acc. [[ἰθύν]]: <span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">ἀν' ἰθύν</b>,= [[against]], <b class="b3">πρὸς ῥόον ἀΐσσοντος ἀν' ἰθύν</b> [[against]] the stream, <span class="bibl">Il.21.303</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπεὶ δὴ σφαίρῃ ἀν' ἰθὺν πειρήσαντο</b> in throwing [[straight upwards]], <span class="bibl">Od. 8.377</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς ἰθύν</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">Il.14.403</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[enterprise]], οἷσι μάλιστα πεποίθεα πᾶσαν ἐπ' ἰθύν <span class="bibl">Od.4.434</span>; ἄριστοι πᾶσαν ἐπ' ἰθύν ἐστε μάχεσθαί τε φρονέειν τε <span class="bibl">Il.6.79</span>; <b class="b3">γυναικῶν γνώομεν ἰθύν</b> their [[mood]], [[designs]], <span class="bibl">Od.16.304</span>; <b class="b3">ἐμὴν ἰ</b>. dub. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>539</span>.</span>