A. straight, direct, whether vertically or horizontally, opp.σκολιός, καμπύλος, Pl. Tht. 194b , R. 602c , etc.;κατὰ τὸ εὐθὺ ἑστάναιstands still with reference tothe vertical, of a spinning top, ib. 436e ;εὐ. πλόος, ὁδοί, Pi. O. 6.103 , N. 1.25 , etc.; εὐθυτέρα ὁδός
X. Cyr. 1.3.4
; ὁδοὺς εὐθείας ἔτεμε
Th. 2.100
; ῥόμβος ἀκόντων
Pi. O. 13.93
;εὐθείᾳ(sc.ὁδῷ)by the straight road, Pl. Lg. 716a ; εὐθεῖαν ἕρπε
A. Fr. 195
;τὴν εὐ. E. Med. 384 ; ἐπ' εὐθείας
D.S. 19.38
, Ascl. Tact. 2.6 , Plot. 2.1.8 ; so also εἰς τὸ εὐ.βλέπειν
X. Eq. 7.17
, etc.;πλήρης τοῦ εὐθέοςtiredof going straight forward, ib. 14 ;ἡ ἐς τὸ εὐ. τῆς ῥητορικῆς ὁδόςthedirectroad to . . , Luc. Rh.Pr. 10 ;κατ' εὐθύonlevel ground, LXX 3 Ki. 21.23 ; butἡ κατ' εὐ. τάσις in the direct line, Apollon.Cit. 2 ;on the same side, Gal. 8.62 ; also, opp.εἰς τὸ ἐντός, Plot. 6.7.14 .
;εὐ. ἐκ νέου, ἐκ παιδός,evenfrom one's youth, Pl. R. 485d , 519a ; εὐ. ἐκ παιδίου
X. Cyr. 1.6.20
: with apart., εὐ. νέοι ὄντες
Th. 2.39
; εὐ. ἥκων
X. An. 4.7.2
; εὐ. ἀπεκτονώς
D. 23.127
;τοῦ θέρους εὐ. ἀρχομένου justat the beginning of summer, Th. 2.47 ;ἀρξάμενος εὐ. καθισταμένου [τοῦ πολέμου] from theverybeginning of the war, Id. 1.1 ;εὐ. ἀποβεβηκότι immediatelyon disembarking, Id. 4.43 ;εὐ. γενομένοιςatthe moment ofbirth, Pl. Tht. 186b : metaph.,at once, naturally,ὑπάρχει εὐθὺς γένη ἔχον τὸ ὄνBeing fallsat onceinto genera, Arist. Metaph. 1004a5 , cf. Po. 1452a14 : withSubst., ἡ τῶν Ἰταλιωτῶν εὐθὺς φυγή
Hdn. 8.1.5
.
2. less freq. in a local relation,ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως εὐ.justabove the city, Th. 6.96 ;παρ' αὐτὴν εὐ. ὁ ἔσπλους ἐστίν directlypast it (the mole), Id. 8.90 ;ἐγγύτατα τούτου εὐ. ἐχομένη immediatelyadjoining this, ibid., cf. Theoc. 25.23 ;εὐ. ἐπὶ τὴν γέφυρανFoed. ap. Th. 4.118 , cf. X. Cyr. 7.2.1 , 2 , 2.4.24 , Ages. 1.29 ;τὴν εὐ. Ἄργους κἀπιδαυρίας ὁδόνthe roadleading straight toArgos, E. Hipp. 1197 (condemned by Phot. ); εὐ. Λυκείου
Pherecr. 110
, cf. Arist. HA 498a32 , etc.
3. of Manner,directly, simply,v.l. in
Pl. Men. 100a .
4.
like αὐτίκα
11 :for instance, to take the first example that occurs, ὥσπερ ζῷον εὐθύς
Arist. Pol. 1277a6
, cf. Cael. 284b10 , etc.; οἷον εὐθύς
Cleom. 1.1
, D.Chr. 11.145 .
C. regul.Adv. εὐθέως, used just asεὐθύς, S. Aj. 31 , OC 994 , E. Fr. 31 , Pl. Phd. 63a , etc.;αἰσθόμενος εὐθέως as soon ashe perceived, Lys. 3.11 ; ἐπεὶ εὐθέως ᾔσθοντο
X. HG 3.2.4
; εὐθέως παραχρῆμα
Antipho 1.20
, D. 52.6 .
2.
= εὐθύς
B. 11.4 ,οἷον εὐθέωςasfor example, Plb. 6.52.1 , 12.5.6 (dub. sens. in Hp. Art. 55 ); soεὐ. alone, Ph. 2.589 . (εὐθέωςis the commoner form in later Greek, PCair.Zen. 34.17
