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εὐθύς2

A.as adv., εὐθύς properly of Time, εὐθύ of Place:
I.εὐθύ, of Place, straight, εὐθὺ Πύλονδε straight to P., Hhymn.; εὐθὺ πρὸς τὰ λέχη Soph.; εὐθὺ ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνος straight towards B., Xen.; so c. gen., εὐθὺ Πελλήνης Ar., etc.
II.εὐθύς,
1.of Time, straightway, forthwith, at once, Aesch., etc.; εὐθὺς ἐκ παιδίου Xen.; with a part., εὐθὺς νέοι ὄντες Thuc.; τοῦ θέρους εὐθὺς ἀρχομένου just at the beginning of summer, id=Thuc.
2.rarely, like εὐθύ, of Place, ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως εὐθύς just above the city, id=Thuc.; τὴν εὐθὺς Ἄργους ὁδόν the road leading straight to Argos, Eur.
3.of Manner, directly, simply, Plat.
B.εὐθέως, adv., is used just as the adv. εὐθύς, Soph., etc.; ἐπεὶ εὐθέως as soon as, Xen.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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