Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀξύπους

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξύπους

Structure: ὀξυποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. swift-footed

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ τόνδε λεύσσω Μενέλεων δόμων πέλασ ὀξύπουν, ᾐσθημένον που τὴν τύχην ἣ νῦν πάρα. (Euripides, episode, trochees1)

Synonyms

  1. swift-footed

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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