αὐτίκᾰ [ῐ],Adv.
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 immediatelyon his going, 2.367 ; beginning a sentence, Sapph. Supp. 20a . 13 : in Prose,αὐ. γενόμενος as soon asborn, 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. opposesτὸ αὐ.and ὁ μέλλων πόλεμος