I don't understand a definition of one of the meanings of 途方?


From
[goo](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/160081/meaning/m0u/%E9%80%94%E6%96%B9/):

> １ 多くの方向。向かう方向。
>
> 「―を失へる敵どもを」〈太平記・一〇〉

I don't understand how 多くの方向 (that I think means "many directions") means the
same thing that 向かう方向(that I think means "direction to follow")?




First of all, in modern Japanese, 途方 is almost always used in set phrases
(途方もない and 途方に暮れる), and it never refers to a physical direction. 太平記 was
written in the 14th century. Many other monolingual dictionaries of modern
Japanese do not even mention this usage related to physical directions. So I
guess the author of goo辞書 thought these old definitions of 途方 (多くの方向 and
向かう方向) are so trivial that they can be crammed into one item.

(By the way, [this page about
太平記](http://cubeaki.dip.jp/taiheiki/taiheiki/taiheiki1-10/taiheiki-10-2.html)
translates this part as 途方にくれている...)




First of all, in modern Japanese, 途方 is almost always used in set phrases
(途方もない and 途方に暮れる), and it never refers to a physical direction. 太平記 was
written in the 14th century. Many other monolingual dictionaries of modern
Japanese do not even mention this usage related to physical directions. So I
guess the author of goo辞書 thought these old definitions of 途方 (多くの方向 and
向かう方向) are so trivial that they can be crammed into one item.

(By the way, [this page about
太平記](http://cubeaki.dip.jp/taiheiki/taiheiki/taiheiki1-10/taiheiki-10-2.html)
translates this part as 途方にくれている...)

