Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠκύπομπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠκύπομπος ὠκύπομπον

Structure: ὠκυπομπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. quick-sending, conveying rapidly

Examples

  • ἱέτο δ’ ὠκύπομπον δόρυ· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 17 5:1)
  • ἀέρι δὲ ἱστία πρότονοι κατὰ πρῷραν ὑ‐ πὲρ στόλον ἐκπετάσουσι πόδα ναὸσ ὠκυπόμπου. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, strophe 24)

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

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