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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/
Adverb
εὐθέως • (euthéōs)
- immediately, at once, straightway
- as soon as, shortly
Adjective
εὐθέως • (euthéōs)
- inflection of εὐθύς (euthús):
- masculine genitive singular
- 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.