Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠκύπορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠκύπορος ὠκύπορον

Structure: ὠκυπορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. quick-going, swift-flowing

Examples

  • τὸ δ’ οὐδ’ ἐπὶ νῆεσ ἐῖσαι ὠκύποροι περόωσιν, ἀγαλλόμεναι Διὸσ οὔρῳ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 16:3)

Synonyms

  1. quick-going

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

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