ἰθύνω

ἰθύν-ω, Ion. impf. ἰθύνεσκον Q.S. 1.273, al., Hymn.Is. 153: aor. 1 ἴθυνα Od. 23.197:—Med. (v. infr. 2), aor. 1 inf. ἰθύνασθαι Q.S. 14.500:—Pass., aor. 1 ἰθύνθην Il. 16.475: pf. ἴθυμμαι D.P. 341, ἀπ-ίθυνται Hp. Fract. 7: (ἰθύς A). [ῑθῡνω: ῐ- only in APl. 16.74]:—Ion. and Ep. for εὐθύνω (sts. used in Trag., generally with v.l. εὐθυν-; never in Com. or Att. Prose),

• 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, 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, ἐπʼ Ἀντινόῳ ἰθύνετο πικρὸν ὀϊστόν aimed his arrow straight at . ., Od. 22.8; πηδαλίῳ ἰθύνετο (sc. σχεδίην) 5.270; ἡνίοχος ἰθύνετο ἅρμα Hes. Sc. 324: c. gen., ἀλλήλων ἰθυνομένων . . δοῦρα as they drove their spears straight at each other, Il. 6.3:—Pass., run straight or evenly, of horses yoked abreast, τὼ δʼ ἰθυνθήτην Il. 16.475 (but, to be guided, οὐ γὰρ ἄτερ μάστιγος ἰθύνεται ἵππος APl. l.c.); of a boat, to be steered, Hdt. 1.194.
    • 3 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.

ἰθύνω, ion. u. ep., auch bei andern Dichtern, = εὐθύνω, gerade machen ; ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνεν, nach der Richtschnur geradmachen, richten, Od. 5.245 u. öfter ; lenken, von Schiffen, κυβερνήτης ἐνὶ πόντῳ νῆα θοὴν ἰθύνει Il. 23.317, τὴν δʼ ἄνεμός τε κυβερνήτης τʼ ἴθυνεν Od. 11.10, öfter ; ἰθύνεται ἡ νηῦς ὑπὸ δύο πλήκτρων Her. 1.194 ; von Wagen u. Pferden, gerade darauf zu lenken, richten, κεὶσʼ ἵππους τε καὶ ἅρμʼ ἰθύνομεν Il. 11.528 ; ὅς κʼ ἰθύνοι ἡμιόνους 24.149 ; so auch pass., τὼ δʼ ἰθυνθήτην, 16.475, sie liefen wieder gerade neben einander ; κέντρα πώλοις μεταφέρων ἰθύνει Eur. Phoen. 184 ; δρόμον Hipp. 1227 ; νοσερὸν κῶλον Ὀρέστου Or. 1016 ; von Geschossen, βέλος δʼ ἴθυνεν Ἀθήνη ῥῖνα, lenkte das Geschoß, Il. 5.290 ; ἐπʼ ἄλλην δʼ ἄλλος ἴθυνεν δόρυ Aesch. Pers. 403 ; allgemein, Ζεὺς δʼ ἔμπης πάντʼ ἰθύνει, Zeus lenkt, regiert Alles, eigtl. bringt Alles in seinen rechten Gang, mit bes. Beziehung auf die Geschoffe, Il. 17.632 ; vom Richter, μύθους ἰθύνειν, gerechte Aussprüche tun, oder krumme, falsche berichtigen, wieder gerade machen, Hes. O. 265 ; vgl. Callim. Iov. 83 ; Κύρου δὲ παῖς τέταρτος ἴθυνε στρατόν Aesch. Pers. 759 ; ἰθύνεσθαι θανάτῳ, mit dem Tode bestraft werden, Her. 2.177 ; τινὶ τὸ πλέον ἰθύνειν, durch den Richterspruch zuerkennen, Theocr. 5.71. – Med., ἀλλήλων ἰθυνομένων δοῦρα, indem sie die Speere gegen einander richteten, Il. 6.3, ὀϊστὸν ἰθύνετο Od. 22.8, αὐτὰρ ὁ πηδαλίῳ ἰθύνετο 5.270, wie auch Hes. Sc. 324 ἰθύνετο καμπύλον ἅρμα.
[Ι steht kurz Ep.adesp. 467 (Plan. 741, οὐ γὰρ ἄτερ μάστιγος ἰθύνεται ἵππος ἀγήνωρ.]

ἰθύνω

[ἰθύς1.]

Aor. ἴθυνα Od. 23.197.

3 sing. ἴθυνε Il. 4.132, Il. 5.290, Il. 23.871: Od. 5.245, Od. 17.341, Od. 21.44, 121.

1 pl. subj. ἰθύνομεν Il. 8.110, Il. 11.528.

2 pl. ἰθύνετε Od. 12.82.

3 dual aor. pass. ἰθυνθήτην Il. 16.475.

(ἐξ-.)

• • 1

    To make straight or even: ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνε [δοῦρα] Od. 5.245. Cf. Od. 17.341 = Od. 21.44, Od. 21.121, Od. 23.197.

  • 2

    To aim, let fly (a missile).

    In mid.: ἐπʼ Ἀντινόῳ ἰθύνετʼ ὀϊστόν Od. 22.8.

  • 3

    To direct the course of (a missile): βέλος ἴθυνε ῥῖνα παπʼ ὀφθαλμόν, λευκοὺς δʼ ἐπέρησεν ὀδόντας Il. 5.290 (to the . . ., the head app. being bent forward to avoid the blow). Cf. Il. 4.132, Il. 17.632.

    App., to direct (an arrow) towards the mark (preparatory to putting it on the bow): ὀϊστὸν ἔχεν πάλαι, ὡς ἴθυνεν Il. 23.871 (had long been holding it ready as he had directed it.

    App. he slips the bow under the arrow thus held).

  • 4

    To direct the course of (a horse, mule, chariot, waggon), drive (it): κεῖσʼ ἵππους τε καὶ ἅρμʼ ἰθύνομεν, ἔνθα . . . Il. 11.528. Cf. Il. 8.110, Il. 24.149, 178, 362.

    To bring (a horse) back to its proper direction, turn its head the right way: τὼ ἰθυνθήτην Il. 16.475.

  • 5

    To keep (a ship) on her course, steer (her): μήτι κυβερνήτης νῆα θοὴν ἰθύνει Il. 23.317. Cf. Od. 9.78 = Od. 14.256, Od. 11.10 = Od. 12.152, Od. 12.82.

    Absol., to steer one’s course: πηδάλιον ποιήσατο, ὄφρʼ ἰθύνοι Od. 5.255.

    So in mid. Od. 5.270.

  • 6

    In mid., of combatants, to direct their course against, charge.

    With genit.: ἀλλήλων ἰθυνομένων Il. 6.3.

ἰθύνω (ἰθύς), aor. ἴθῡνα, subj. ἰθύνομεν. make straight, straighten, ἐπὶ στάθμην, ‘to the line,’ Od. 5.245; pass., ἵππω δʼ ἰθῡνθήτην, ‘placed themselves in line’ with the pole of the chariot, Il. 16.475; guide a ship, chariot, etc., and, of missiles, aim, direct, Il. 5.290, Il. 17.632, mid., ‘his arrow,’ Od. 22.8.

ἰθύνω εὐθύνω

• • • 1Ionic for εὐθύνω, to make straight, straighten, ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνεν by the rule, Od.:—Pass. to run evenly, of horses yoked abreast, Il.
    • 2to guide in a straight line, ἵππους ἰθύνομεν (Epic for -ωμεν) let us drive them straight, Il.; νῆα ἰθύνει the pilot] keeps it straight, Il.; βέλος ἴθυνεν she sped it straight, Il.:—Mid. to guide or steer for oneself, ἰθύνετο ὀϊστόν aimed his arrow straight, Od.; πηδαλίωι ἰθύνετο (sc. νῆα) Od.; c. gen., ἀλλήλων ἰθυνομένων δοῦρα as they drove their spears straight at each other, Il.:—Pass., of a boat, to be guided, steered, Hdt.
    • 3to guide, direct, rule, Il., Aesch.: of a judge, μύθους ἰθύνειν to rectify unjust judgments, Hes.; ἰθ. τὸ πλέον τινί to adjudge the greater part to him, Theocr.:—Pass., ἰθύνεσθαι θανάτωι to be punished with death, Hdt.