Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἰθύς ‎(ithús) (Ionic, Epic)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸθýs/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eftýs/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eftís/

Adjective

εὐθύς • ‎(euthús) m ‎(feminine εὐθεῖα, neuter εὐθύ); first/third declension

1. straight, direct
   1. (in a moral sense) straightforward, open, frank
   2. (feminine substantive)
      1. a straight line
      2. the nominative case

Inflection

Adverb

εὐθύς • ‎(euthús)

1. (of place) straight
   1. simply
   2. in the face of
2. (of time) straightaway, forthwith, at once
   1. (of manner) directly, simply

Usage notes

In adverbial usage, typically the masculine form (εὐθύς ‎(euthús)) is used for time, while the neuter (εὐθύ ‎(euthú)) is used for place.

References

• εὐθύς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εὐθύς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐθύς in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «εὐθύς» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εὐθύς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G2117”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • anon idem, page 31.
  • at idem, page 48.
  • direct idem, page 226.
  • directly idem, page 226.
  • downright idem, page 249.
  • glance idem, page 361.
  • immediately idem, page 417.
  • instantly idem, page 446.
  • minute idem, page 532.
  • moment idem, page 538.
  • promptly idem, page 653.
  • right idem, page 714.
  • straight idem, page 822.
  • straightforward idem, page 822.
  • straightway idem, page 822.
  • to idem, page 878.
  • towards idem, page 883.