How do I populate my iPod classic from iCloud without first downloading to my Mac (there is not enough space on my Mac)?

I have approximately 16G free on my iMac. All of my music (20,000+ tracks) is in the cloud.
I want to entirely fill my iPod Classic (160G) but I cannot free up enough interim storage on my iMac. Is there a way to load the iPod Classic without physically downloading to my iMac first?
In other words, I understand I need to connect the classic to iTunes on my Mac, but can I load the iPod Classic from iCloud, through iTunes without downloading first.
Thank you

Thanks - Unfortunately I figured that out yesterday. I tried downloading a bit at a time and populating the iPod. I had hoped that when I deleted it from local it wouldn't really dissappear from the ipod and I could download a bit more. as you likely already know, that didn't work.
Rats.
I deleted my iPhoto libraray and videaos and that made space for the 20,000+ tracks. About 18,000 fitted on the 160GB iPod.
Now I have to restore the iPhoto library and videos.
A lot of work...
Thaks,
Alex

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