αὐτίκα

A. forthwith, at once, in a moment, which notion is strengthd. by Hom. in αὐ. νῦν, μάλ’ αὐ. on the spot, Od. 10.111, al.: c. part., αὐτίκ’ ἰόντι immediately on his going, 2.367; beginning a sentence, Sapph. Supp. 20a.13: in Prose, αὐ. γενόμενος as soon as born, Hdt. 2.146; αὐ. μάλα Id. 7.103, IG 12.39.47, Pl. Prt. 318b; αὐ. δὴ μάλα presently (at the end of a sentence), D. 21.19,23; αὐ. νυκτός Theoc. 2.119.

2. now, for the moment, αὐ. καὶ μετέπειτα Od. 14.403; ὁ μὲν αὐτίχ’ ὁ δ’ ἥξει A. Ch. 1020; ἡδὺ μὲν γὰρ αὐ . . . ἐν δὲ χρόνῳ . . E. Andr. 781 (lyr.); Th. opposes τὸ αὐ. and ὁ μέλλων πόλεμος 1.36, cf. 2.41: with a Subst., τὴν μὲν αὐτίχ’ ἡμέραν S. OC 433; ὁ αὐ. φόβος momentary fear, Th. 3.112, cf. 1.41,124.

3. in a slightly future sense, immediately, presently, αὐτίκ’ ἀκούσεσθε D. 19.17, cf. S. Ph. 14, 1001, Ar. Pl. 347, etc.; opp. νῦν, Pl. Grg. 459c, R. 420c; ἐμπέπτωκεν εἰς λόγους οὓς αὐ. μᾶλλον . . ἁρμόσει λέγειν D. 18.42.

II. for example, to begin with, Hp. Epid. 1.25, Acut. 16; αὐ. γὰρ ἄρχει διὰ τίν’ ὁ Ζεύς; Ar. Pl. 130, cf. Au. 166,574, Pl. Prt. 395e, R. 340d, Dialex. 2.2, al.; αὐ. δὴ μάλα for example now, D. 25.29; at any rate, Plu. 2.1137d.

III. = αὖθις, Arat. 880, 1076 (but = εὐθέως, Sch.).