ἰθύς

A. ἰθέα Hdt. 2.17, Eus.Mynd. 63 (but ἰθείης, ῃ,αν are prob. in oblique cases)<*> Comp. ἰθύντερος Hdn.Gr.2.927: Sup. ἰθύντατος or ‐ύτατος (v. infr.):—Ion. and Ep. form of Att. εὐθύς:

1. straight, used by Hom. in this sense only in Adv. ἰθύς (infr. 11); ἰθείῃ τέχνῃ straightway, forthwith, Hdt. 9.57; ἰθέα ὁδός Id. 2.17; ἰθεῖαν (sc. ὁδόν) straight on, Id. 7.193; ἐκ τῆς ἰθείης outright, openly, Id. 2.161, al.; ἰ. ἀτραπός Nic. Th. 265, cf. AP 10.3; ἰθύντατον ἴχνος D.P. 651; γραφίδες ἰθύταται AP 6.63 (Damoch.); ἰθύτατον ὄρος steepest, App. Hisp. 1.

2. in moral sense, straight-forward, just, εἰ δ’ ἄγ’ ἐγὼν αὐτὸς δικάσω, . . ἰθεῖα γὰρ ἔσται [ἡ δίκη] Il. 23.580; ἰθείῃσι δίκῃσιν h.Cer. 152, Hes. Th. 86, cf.Op. 36; opp. σκολιαὶ δίκαι, ib.224: in Sup. Adv., δίκην ἰθύντατα εἰπεῖν to give judgement the most fairly, Il. 18.508; later οὔποτε δουλείη κεφαλὴ ἰθεῖα πέφυκεν Thgn. 535; πρήξιες ἰθύτεραι Id. 1026; Δίκα ἰθεῖα B. 14.54; ἰθύς τε καὶ δίκαιος Hdt. 1.96; λόγος ἰ ib.118.

II. ἰθύς, or less freq. ἰθύ, as Adv., straight at, mostly c. gen. objecti, βῆ ῥ’ ἰθὺς Διομήδεος Il. 5.849, cf. 16.584; ἰθὺς κίεν οἴκου went straight towards the dwelling, 24.471, cf. Od. 15.511; ἰθὺ βέλος πέτετ’ οὐδ’ ἀπολήγει Il. 20.99; ἔπλεε ἰθὺ τοῦ Ἴστρου Hdt. 4.89; ἰθὺ τῆς ἀρχῆς τῆς Τομύριος 1.207, cf. 6.95, al.; ἰθὺ βαδίζειν Semus 20; ἰθὺς πρὸς τεῖχος ἔκιον Il. 12.137; ἰθὺς ἐπὶ Θεσσαλίης Hdt. 5.64.

2. abs., ἰθὺς φρονέων resolving to go straight on, Il. 12.124, cf. 13.135; ἰθὺς μεμαώς 11.95, etc.; of a bird's flight, SIG 1167.7 (Ephesus, vi B.C.); ἰθὺς μαχέσασθαι to fight face to face, Il. 17.168; μένος χειρῶν ἰθὺς φέρον 5.506; also τέτραπτο πρὸς ἰθύ οἱ (v.l. πρὸς ἰθύν, cf. sq.) he fronted him face to face, 14.403; κατ’ ἰθὺ γούνασιν opposite, i.e. vertically below, the knees, Hp. Off. 3; of Time, straightway, Hdt. 3.58.

3. regul. Adv. ἰθέως Id. 2.121.β/, al.; πλέειν ἰθέως ἐπὶ τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον Id. 8.108.