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ἰθύω 1 ἰθύς

I.to go straight, press right on, Il.; ἴθυσε μάχη πεδίοιο the tide of war set straight over the plain, id=Il.:—c. gen. objecti, ἴθυσε νεός made straight for the ship, id=Il.; ἴθυσαν δ᾽ ἐπὶ τεῖχος id=Il.; ἴθυσαν πρός . . Hdt.
II.c. inf. to strive or struggle to do, Od.; ὅκη ἰθύσειε στρατεύεσθαι whichever way he purposed to march, Hdt.

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