εὐθέως

See also: ευθέως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Adverb from εὐθύς (euthús, “straight”) +‎ -ως (-ōs), using the stem εὐθε- (euthe-).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.tʰé.ɔːs/ → /eɸˈθe.os/ → /efˈθe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.tʰé.ɔːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewˈtʰe.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸˈθe.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efˈθe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efˈθe.os/

Adverb

εὐθέως • (euthéōs)

1. immediately, at once, straightway
2. as soon as, shortly

Adjective

εὐθέως • (euthéōs)

1. inflection of εὐθύς (euthús):
   1. masculine genitive singular
   2. neuter genitive singular

References

• “εὐθέως”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐθέως”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐθέως in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2112 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • anon idem, page 31.
  • at idem, page 48.
  • directly idem, page 226.
  • immediately idem, page 417.
  • instantly idem, page 446.
  • moment idem, page 538.
  • promptly idem, page 653.
  • straightway idem, page 822.