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ὠκύπορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠκύπορος ὠκύπορον

Structure: ὠκυπορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. quick-going, swift-flowing

Examples

  • χρυσέαν χείρεσσι λαβὼν φιάλαν ἀρχὸσ ἐν πρύμνᾳ πατέρ’ Οὐρανιδᾶν ἐγχεικέραυνον Ζῆνα, καὶ ὠκυπόρουσ κυμάτων ῥιπὰσ ἀνέμων τ’ ἐκάλει, νύκτασ τε καὶ πόντου κελεύθουσ ἄματά τ’ εὔφρονα καὶ φιλίαν νόστοιο μοῖραν· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 60:1)

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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