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α4537Αὐτόχρημα ὅμοιονexactly the same, straight away[Meaning] altogether similar. Aelian [writes]: "leaping straight away over the trenches, one named Clatius threw his hands on Hasdrubal's ship as it was hastening to flee and vigorously kept hold of the stern." And …Matched in headwordhighmedium
ε1673Ἐξ εὐθείαςstraight away"I was able to deliver a letter to him straight away." That is, a personal [letter], [sent] at once.Matched in headwordhighshort
α1560Ἀμεταστρεπτίstraightforwardly, straightway[Meaning] unhesitatingly, without turning backwards. Look under a)ponhti/ ["fatiguelessly"].Matched in headwordhigh

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Αὐτόχρημα ὅμοιον

exactly the same, straight away

[Meaning] altogether similar. Aelian [writes]: "leaping straight away over the trenches, one named Clatius threw his hands on Hasdrubal's ship as it was hastening to flee and vigorously kept hold of the stern." And…

Αὐτόχρημα ὅμοιον· παντελῶς ὅμοιον. Αἰλιανός· αὐτόχρημα πηδῶν ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσκαμμένα, τὴν ναῦν Ἀσδρούβα φεύγειν ἐπειγομένην τὰς χεῖρας ἐπιβαλὼν εἴχετο ἐρρωμένως τῆς πρύμνης ὁ Κλάτιος…

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α2674Ἄντικρυςright on, straight on… [it means] demonstrably. And indeed right through and directly and straightway and right away and surely and soundly and accurately and simply. But others say, I think more accurately, that when said with the …Matched in headwordhighshort

ε3500Εὐθύstraight[Meaning something] straightforward, and down against/opposite. In reference to eutheia ["straightness"].Matched in headwordhighshort

ε3522ΕὐθύςstraightMeaning in the beginning, right away. Aristophanes [writes]: "hold on. For straight I have you, holding you at the middle inescapably." The sequence [sc. in which the words are to be taken is]: holding …Matched in headwordhighshort

κ1010Κατεύθυνενwas making straight, was directing… in my eyes". Also [sc. attested is] kateuqu/nqh ["he/she/it was straightened out/directed/corrected"].Matched in headwordhighshort

α3093Ἀπευθύνειstraightens, chastises… he/she/it] punishes. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)peuqu/nonta [straightening""], [meaning] demanding retribution. Sophocles [writes]: "straightening with chains."Matched in headwordhighshort

ε1414Ἐνώπιαstraightforward (things), front-facing (things)[Meaning] straight [ones].Matched in headwordhighshort

ε3502Εὐθυγενήςstraight-born[Meaning] set up equally and with a view to straightness.Matched in headwordhighshort

α3297Ἀποδιοπομπεῖσθαιto conjure away, to escort away, to set aside[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to send [sc. pollution] away to propitiating Zeus and [so] in effect to bring about purification or appeasement. "They escort the long-eared owls away to the birds." Also [sc. …Matched in headwordhighshort

α3679Ἀπωστόςdriven away, thrust away… banished. Sophocles [writes]: "in the end I will be thrust away, driven from the land"; Teucer says [this] about the slain Ajax. "Marked as a slave instead of a free man by [his] words." …Matched in headwordhighshort

α2868Ἀπάγουcarry away, lead awayMeaning carry/lead away to him. Euripides [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] a)pa/gw ["I carry/lead away"]: [used] with an accusative.Matched in headwordhighshort

α4624Ἀφίστωνthey were keeping away, they were driving away[Meaning] they were turning away, they were preventing. "The Romans were driving the barbarians away from the siege."Matched in headwordhighshort

ε3520ΕὐθυωρόνstraightMeaning in accordance with straightness. So Antiphon and Xenophon [sc. use the word]. *eu)quwro/n [sc. means] at just that time. "The missile anticipated his open mouth, and having fallen there it stopped its flight. …Matched in headwordhighshort

α3664Ἄπωθενaway, away from… off. "Rufinus meanwhile came along and met him not far away from the city of Nisibis."Matched in headwordhighshort

α3138Ἄπεισινgoes away, will go away[Meaning he/she/it] departs.Matched in headwordhighshort

ε355Ἑκαστάτωfarthest away, very far away[Meaning] most/very distant. Procopius [writes]: "[they] being very far from the plot of the barbarian."Matched in headwordhighshort

ε3519Εὐθυωρίαstraight course, straight direction[no gloss]Matched in headwordhighshort

δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… pollution. Also [sc. attested is] a)podiopompei/sqw ["let [evil] be escorted away!"].Matched in headwordhighshort

α3569Ἀπόσσυτοςhastening-away[Hastening-away] and he/she/it hastened away. [The verb] seu/w ["I rush away"] is I start, also su/w, from which [is derived] the [verb] su=mi, whence also [comes] e)/ssuto ["he/she/it drove"] and a)pe/ssuto ["he/she/it hastened away"] …Matched in headwordhighshort

α3019ἈπεμορξάμηνI brushed away (tears)[Meaning] I wiped away [tears], I cried. "So that I felt pity, and I brushed away tears, seeing an elderly man panic-striken by an archer-fellow." For it follows by logic that he brushed away …Matched in headwordhighshort

α3571Ἀποσφαλμήσαςhaving jumped away[Meaning] having leaped away, having skipped away. Polybius [writes]: "having jumped away from the blow, the horse was carried off headlong through the central area of the encampment." Or meaning having collapsed. And in …Matched in headwordhighshort

α4418Αὐαίνεταιis wasting away… has a rough breathing. Aristophanes [writes]: "then the child wastes away." And in another place: "so that I wasted away when I saw it." Also [sc. attested is the optative] au)ai/noito ["might he/she/it waste …Matched in headwordhighmedium

α3244Ἄποaway from[Meaning] far away, a long [sc. way off]. "Among the Ousbians he was away from danger, having escaped the swords." The [word] a)/po ["away from"] and a)/poqen ["from afar"] [sc. are spelled] with an …Matched in headwordhighshort

α3524Ἀποσκευάζοντεςmaking away with[Meaning they] taking away. "For he was indeed intending to run the risk, lest he should anticipate them and make away with the boy." Meaning take away and hide [him]. Also [sc. attested is …Matched in headwordhighshort

α3666Ἀπώθητονpushed-away, rejected… out. Also [sc. attested is the related imperative] a)pwqou= ["push away!"] pronounced with a circumflex, meaning w)/qhson ["push!"]. But a)po/qou ["drive away!"] spelled with omicron [is used] to mean a)pobalou= ["throw away!"].Matched in headwordhighshort

ε1576Ἐξαιρέσεως δίκηtaking-away suit… as a slave, but someone else seeks to take him away as a free man, it was permitted to him who claims the fellow as a slave to bring a taking-away suit against him …Matched in headwordhighshort

κ773Κατασοβεῖταιis frightened away[Meaning he/she/it] is chased away. Also [sc. attested is] katasobh/sontai ["they will be frightened away"], [meaning] they will be chased away.Matched in headwordhighshort

δ848Διαψαίρουσιthey brush away[Meaning] they blow away. For sailors call blowing 'brushing'.Matched in headwordhighshort

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