Ἰθὺ
straight
Translated by Catharine Roth24 May 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἰθὺ καὶ Ἰθὺς ἐπ' εὐθείας. Ἡρόδοτος· ἐκ μὲν δὴ τῆς ἰθείας στρατὸν ἐπ' αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐδόκεε πέμπειν, ἅτε οἰδεόντων ἔτι τῶν πραγμάτων. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐκ τοῦ προφανοῦς, παρευθύ.
Betacode
*)iqu\ kai\ *)iqu\s e)p' eu)qei/as. *(hro/dotos: e)k me\n dh\ th=s i)qei/as strato\n e)p' au)to\n ou)k e)do/kee pe/mpein, a(/te oi)deo/ntwn e)/ti tw=n pragma/twn. a)nti\ tou= e)k tou= profanou=s, pareuqu/.
Notes (2)
- 1See epsiloniota 54, iota 238, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 12.124, where the masculine
i)qu/s occurs. ↩ - 2Dareios on Oroites in Herodotus 3.127.1 (web address 1); cf. omicroniota 37. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from6 entries
- ει54Εἶθαρat onceA temporal [adverb]. Meaning straightway, or forthwith. But [there is also] i)qu/s, for the most part, [used] in reference to a nominative.
- ι238Ἰθεῖαstraight[Meaning] direct, upright. "For not feebly does he know the balance of upright justice from Zeus."
- ι246Ἰθύνειstraightens[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] manages, directs, sets upright.
- ι248Ἴθυσενwent straight on[Meaning he/she/it] set out in a straight line.
- ι249Ἰθυτενέςstretched-out, upright[Meaning something] stretched into a straight [position].
- οι37Οἰδοῦσανswelling[Meaning] being boastful. "[I received from you] the art [...]swollen under resounding boasts and ponderous phrases." And Eunapius [writes]: "when so great an evil was swelling and festering beneath." "But [Darius]…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 9 Jan 2019
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- supplemented and tweaked translation; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth