Εὐθὺς
at once, immediately
Translated by David Whitehead6 Mar 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[eu)qu/s ] and eu)qe/ws : both [sc. are good] Greek [forms]. But eu)qu/ 1 differs from these. For it does not mean 'immediately', but 'until' and 'up to'. For example ...2
In Thucydides [eu)qu/s means] immediately and directly and heedlessly.2
In Thucydides [
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εὐθὺς καὶ Εὐθέως· ἀμφότερα Ἑλληνικά. τὸ δ' εὐθὺ διαφέρει τούτων. οὐ γὰρ τὸ παραχρῆμα σημαίνει, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἕως καὶ εἰς. οἷον ... παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ τὸ παραχρῆμα καὶ τὸ ἐξ εὐθείας καὶ ἀσκόπως.