ἰθύνω
ithyno
make straight, straighten
Appears 25 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἰθύνω, Ion. impf. ἰθύνεσκον 1.273, al., Hymn.Is. 153: aor. 1 ἴθυνα Od. 23.197:—Med. (v. infr. 2), aor. 1 inf. ἰθύνασθαι 14.500:—Pass., aor. 1 ἰθύνθην Il. 16.475: pf. ἴθυμμαι 341, ἀπ-ίθυνται 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), A. make straight, straighten, ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνεν by the rule, Od. 5.245, 23.197, al.:—Pass., ἐκ στάθμης ἰθυμμένος 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, Hipp. 1227 (v.l. εὐθ-), Or. 1016 (lyr.); κέντρα Ph. 178 (lyr.); βέλος δʼ ἴθυνεν Ἀθήνη she sped it straight, Il. 5.290: in late Prose, λεπτοὶ ὕπνοι ἰθύνοντες τὰ σιτία 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 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, 1.194. 3. guide, direct, rule, Ζεὺς . . πάντʼ ἰθύνει Il. 17.632; ἀμηχανίη ἰ. νόον 6.6; ἰ. στρατόν (corr. from ηὔθ- in cod. M) Pers. 773; ἰ. ἑορτάς Orac. ap. 21.52; ζωήν AP 6.68(Jul.Aegypt.); of a judge, μύθους ἰ. put straight, rectify unjust judgements, Op. 263 (dub.), cf. Jov. 83; ἰ. τὸ πλέον τινί adjudge the greater part to him, 5.71:—Pass., ἰθύνεσθαι θανάτῳ to be visited with the penalty of death, 2.177.
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