Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠκύδρομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠκύδρομος ὠκύδρομον

Structure: ὠκυδρομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. swift-running

Examples

  • μόχθοισ τ’ ὠκυδρόμοισ τ’ ἀέλ‐ λαισ θρῴσκει πεδίον παραποτάμιον, ἡδομένα βροτῶν ἐρημίαισ σκιαρο‐ κόμοιό τ’ ἔρνεσιν ὕλασ. (Euripides, choral, strophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. swift-running

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

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