Εἶθαρ

at once

Translated by Catharine Roth16 May 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 22 words

A temporal [adverb].
Meaning straightway,¹ or forthwith.
But [there is also] i)qu/s, for the most part, [used] in reference to a nominative.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εἶθαρ· χρονικόν. ἀντὶ τοῦ εὐθέως, ἢ εὐθύς. τὸ δὲ Ἰθύς, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ. ἐπ' εὐθείας.

Betacode

*ei)=qar: xroniko/n. a)nti\ tou= eu)qe/ws, h)\ eu)qu/s. to\ de\ *)iqu/s, w(s e)pi\ to\ polu/. e)p' eu)qei/as.

Notes (2)

1cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.337; and similarly in other lexica. ↩
2cf. iota 245. ↩

Linked from1 entry

ι245Ἰθὺstraight[neuter] and i)qu/s [masculine]: applying to a nominative. Herodotus [writes]: "it did not seem good to send the army straight against him, inasmuch as affairs were still in a ferment." Meaning in plain sight, directly.

Neighbouring entries

ει52Εἰ εἰδῇςif you know ει53Εἴηmight be ει54Εἶθαρat once ει55Εἴθεwould that ει56ΕἰκάδιοςEikadios, Icadius

Revision history5 revisions · last 1 Apr 2018

1 Apr 2018tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
27 Dec 2012modified translation — Catharine Roth
23 Nov 2012another note and keyword — David Whitehead
17 May 2005modified translation, in view of note 1 — Catharine Roth
17 May 2005note — David Whitehead
16 May 2005Translated — Catharine Roth