forthwith, at once, in a moment, which notion is strengthd. by Hom. in αὐ. νῦν, μάλʼ αὐ. on the spot, Od. 10.111, al.: c. part., αὐτίκʼ ἰόντι immediately on his going, 2.367; beginning a sentence, Sapph. 44.13 L.-P.: in Prose, αὐ. γενόμενος as soon as born, Hdt. 2.146; αὐ. μάλα Id. 7.103, IG 1(2).39.47, Pl. Prt. 318b; αὐ. δὴ μάλα presently (at the end of a sentence), D. 21.19,23; αὐ. νυκτός Theoc. 2.119.