ἶθύς
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English (Autenrieth)
εῖα, ύ: straight; τέτραπτο πρὸς ἰθύ οἱ, ‘straight opposite him,’ Il. 14.403; usually metaph., straight, right, just, Il. 23.580; sup., ἰθύντατα, most fairly, Il. 18.508.—As adv., ἶθύς, ιθύ, straight at, straight for, τινός, Il. 5.849; also with prepositions, and abs., Il. 20.99, Od. 3.10 ; ἶθὺς φέρειν, μάχεσθαι, φρονεῖν, ‘turn the mind straight on,’ ‘be bent on battle,’ Il. 13.135, cf. Il. 11.95.
ύος: straight course, ἀν' ἰθύν, ‘straight up,’ ‘straight on,’ Il. 21.303, Od. 8.377; hence ‘attack,’ ‘tendency,’ ‘disposition,’ Il. 6.69, Od. 4.434, Od. 16.304.
