Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠκύαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠκύαλος ὠκύαλον

Structure: ὠκυαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a(/ls

Sense

  1. sea-swift, speeding o'er the sea

Examples

  • Ἕκτωρ δὲ πρυμνῆσ νεὸσ ἥψατο ποντοπόροιο καλῆσ ὠκυάλου, ἣ Πρωτεσίλαον ἔνεικεν ἐσ Τροίην, οὐδ’ αὖτισ ἀπήγαγε πατρίδα γαῖαν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 68:6)

Synonyms

  1. sea-swift

Related

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

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