ἰθύω

A. go straight, press right on, rare in pres., ὁ δέ, κρειῶν ἐρατίζων, ἰθύει [υ] Il. 11.552; ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθ’ ἴθυσε μάχη πεδίοιο the tide of war set straight over the plain . . , 6.2; ἰθύει τάχιστα δελφίς Pi. Fr. 234; ἰθύει τὸ ἔμβρυον πρὸς τὸ ἧπαρ Hp. Mul. 1.32, cf. 2.145 vulg.: c. gen. objecti, ὣς Ἕκτωρ ἴθυσε νεός dashed straight atit, Il. 15.693; ἴθυσαν δ’ ἐπὶ τεῖχος 12.443; ἴθυσαν πρός . . Hdt. 4.122.

II. c. inf., to be eager, strive to do, τῶν ὁπότ’ ἰθύσειε . . ἐπὶ χερσὶ μάσασθαι Od. 11.591; ἴθυσέν ῥ’ ὀλολύξαι 22.408; ὅκῃ ἰθύς ειε στρατεύεσθαι whichever way he purposed to march, Hdt. 1.204, cf. 3.39; ἰθύοντα στρατεύεσθαι Id. 7.8.β/.

2. c. acc., desire eagerly, τι μετὰ φρεσίν A.R. 2.950.

3. abs., τί μακρὰν γλῶσσαν ἰθύσας ἐλαύνω ἐκτὸς ὁδοῦ; why in my zeal do I drive, etc., B. 9.51. (Signf. 1 never in Od., signf. 11 never in Il.)