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ἰθύνω

ithuno

make straight, straighten

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ἰθύν-ω · ithyn-ō — LSJ

make straight, straighten

make straight, straighten, ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνεν by the rule, Od. 5.245, 23.197, al.:—Pass., ἐκ στάθμης ἰθυμμένος D.P. l.c.

2 guide in a straight line, let us drive, straight, keeps, straight, sped, straight, guide, steer for oneself, aimed his, straight, as they drove, straight at, run straight, evenly, to be guided, to be steered

guide in a straight line, ἵππους τε καὶ ἅρμʼ ἰθύνομεν (Ep. for -ωμεν) let us drive them straight, Il. 11.528; νῆα θοὴν ἰθύνει [the pilot] keeps it straight, 23.317; τὴν δʼ ἄνεμός τε κυβερνήτης τʼ ἴθυνε Od. 11.10, etc.; τρόπιν Hymn.Is. l.c.; ἰ. δρόμον, κῶλον, E. Hipp. 1227 (v.l. εὐθ-), Or. 1016 (lyr.); κέντρα Id. Ph. 178 (lyr.); βέλος δʼ ἴθυνεν Ἀθήνη she sped it straight, Il. 5.290: in late Prose, λεπτοὶ ὕπνοι ἰθύνοντες τὰ σιτία Philostr. Gym. 48:—Med., guide or steer for oneself, of missiles, ἐπ

3 guide, direct, rule, put straight, rectify, adjudge, to be visited with the penalty

guide, direct, rule, Ζεὺς . . πάντʼ ἰθύνει Il. 17.632; ἀμηχανίη ἰ. νόον Parm. 6.6; ἰ. στρατόν (corr. from ηὔθ- in cod. M) A. Pers. 773; ἰ. ἑορτάς Orac. ap. D. 21.52; ζωήν AP 6.68 (Jul.Aegypt.); of a judge, μύθους ἰ. put straight, rectify unjust judgements, Hes. Op. 263 (dub.), cf. Call. Jov. 83; ἰ. τὸ πλέον τινί adjudge the greater part to him, Theoc. 5.71:—Pass., ἰθύνεσθαι θανάτῳ to be visited with the penalty of death, Hdt. 2.177.

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