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εὐθύς , εῖα, ύ, Ion. and Ep. ἰθύς (q.v.: so always in Hom.and Hdt.),
A.straight, direct, whether vertically or horizontally, opp. σκολιός, καμπύλος, Pl.Tht.194b, R.602c, etc.; κατὰ τὸ εὐθὺ ἑστάναι stands still with reference to the vertical, of a spinning top, ib.436e; εὐ. πλόος, ὁδοί, Pi.O.6.103, N.1.25, etc.; “εὐθυτέρα ὁδόςX.Cyr.1.3.4; “ὁδοὺς εὐθείας ἔτεμεTh.2.100; “ῥόμβος ἀκόντωνPi.O.13.93; εὐθείᾳ (sc. ὁδῷ) by the straight road, Pl.Lg.716a; “εὐθεῖαν ἕρπεA.Fr.195; τὴν εὐ. E.Med.384; “ἐπ᾽ εὐθείαςD.S.19.38, Ascl.Tact.2.6, Plot.2.1.8; so also “εἰς τὸ εὐ.βλέπεινX.Eq.7.17, etc.; πλήρης τοῦ εὐθέος tired of going straight forward, ib.14; ἐς τὸ εὐ. τῆς ῥητορικῆς ὁδός the direct road to . . , Luc.Rh.Pr. 10; κατ᾽ εὐθύ on level ground, LXX 3 Ki.21.23; but κατ᾽ εὐ. τάσις in the direct line, Apollon.Cit.2; on the same side, Gal.8.62; also, opp. εἰς τὸ ἐντός, Plot.6.7.14.
3. εὐθεῖα, , as Subst.,
a. (sc. γραμμή) straight line, Arist.APr.49b35, al., Euc. 1 Def.7, al.; ἐπ᾽ εὐθείας εἶναι lie in a straight line, Archim.Con.Sph.7, al.; ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτὴν εὐ., ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς εὐ. ἐκτείνειν, in the same line, Plb. 3.113.2,3; ἐπὶ μίαν εὐ. ib.8: Comp., “εὐθυτέρα γραμμὴ γίνεταιArist. Mech.855a24.
b. (sc. πτῶσις) nominative case, D.T.636.5, A.D. Pron.6.11, etc.; κατ᾽ εὐθύ in the nominative, Arist.SE182a3.
B. as Adv., εὐθύς and εὐθύ , the former prop. of Time, the latter of Place, Phryn.119, etc.
I. εὐθύ , of Place, straight, usu. of motion or direction, “εὐθὺ Πύλονδεstraight to . . , h.Merc.342; “εὐθὺ πρὸς τὰ νυμφικὰ λέχηS.OT1242; εὐ. [τὴν ἐπὶ] Βαβυλῶνος straight towards . . , X.Cyr.5.2.37: and so c. gen., εὐ. τῶν κυρηβίων, εὐθὺ Πελλήνης, Ar.Eq.254, Av.1421; “εὐ.τοῦ ΔιόςId.Pax68; “εὐ. τοὐρόφουEup.47; “εὐ. τῆς σωτηρίαςAr.Pax301, cf. Th.8.88, etc.; ἀποθανούμενος ᾔει εὐ. τοῦ δαιμονίου in opposition to . . , Pl.Thg.129a (s.v.l.); cf. ἰθύς.
b. νῆσον οἰκεῖ εὐθὺ Ἴστρου opposite . . , Max.Tyr.15.7.
2. = ἁπλῶς, simply, “καλεῖνThphr.HP3.8.2, cf. 9.13.2.
3. rarely of Time, Philoch.144, Arist.Rh.1414b25, UPZ77.27 (ii B.C.), PGrenf.1.1.24 (ii B.C.), Aristeas 24, Luc.Nav.22.
1. of Time, straightway, forthwith, Pi.O.8.41; “ δ᾽ εὐ. ὡς ἤκουσεA.Pers.361; “ δ᾽ εὐ. ἐξῴμωξενS.Aj.317; “τὸ μὲν εὐ. τὸ δὲ καὶ διανοούμενονTh.1.1, cf. 5.3, 7.77; joined with other adverbial words, “τάχα δ᾽ εὐ. ἰώνPi.P.4.83; “εὐ. κατὰ τάχοςTh.6.101; εὐ. παραχρῆμα (v. sub παραχρῆμα)“; εὐ. ἀπ᾽ αρχῆςAr.Pax84 (anap.); “εὐ. ἐξ ἀρχῆςX.Cyr.7.2.16; ἐξ ἀρχῆς εὐ. Arist.Pol.1287b10; “εὐ. κατ᾽ ἀρχάςPl.Ti.24b; “ἀφ᾽ ἑσπέρας εὐ. ἤδηLuc. Gall.1; εὐ. ἐκ νέου, ἐκ παιδός, even from one's youth, Pl.R.485d, 519a; “εὐ. ἐκ παιδίουX.Cyr.1.6.20: with a part., “εὐ. νέοι ὄντεςTh.2.39; “εὐ. ἥκωνX.An.4.7.2; “εὐ. ἀπεκτονώςD.23.127; τοῦ θέρους εὐ. ἀρχομένου just at the beginning of summer, Th.2.47; ἀρξάμενος εὐ. καθισταμένου [τοῦ πολέμου] from the very beginning of the war, Id.1.1; εὐ. ἀποβεβηκότι immediately on disembarking, Id.4.43; εὐ. γενομένοις at the moment of birth, Pl.Tht.186b: metaph., at once, naturally, ὑπάρχει εὐθὺς γένη ἔχον τὸ ὄν Being falls at once into genera, Arist. Metaph.1004a5, cf.Po.1452a14: with Subst., “ τῶν Ἰταλιωτῶν εὐθὺς φυγήHdn.8.1.5.
2. less freq. in a local relation, ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως εὐ. just above the city, Th.6.96; παρ᾽ αὐτὴν εὐ. ἔσπλους ἐστίν directly past it (the mole), Id.8.90; ἐγγύτατα τούτου εὐ. ἐχομένη immediately adjoining this, ibid., cf. Theoc.25.23; εὐ. ἐπὶ τὴν γέφυραν Foed. ap. Th.4.118, cf. X.Cyr.7.2.1,2, 2.4.24, Ages.1.29; τὴν εὐ. Ἄργους κἀπιδαυρίας ὁδόν the road leading straight to Argos, E.Hipp.1197 (condemned by Phot.); “εὐ. ΛυκείουPherecr.110, cf. Arist.HA498a32, etc.
3. of Manner, directly, simply, v.l. in Pl.Men.100a.
4. like αὐτίκα 11: for instance, to take the first example that occurs, “ὥσπερ ζῷον εὐθύςArist.Pol.1277a6, cf. Cael.284b10, etc.; “οἷον εὐθύςCleom. 1.1, D.Chr.11.145.
2. = εὐθύς B. 11.4, οἷον εὐθέως 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.)
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