Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠκύπους

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠκύπους

Structure: ὠκυποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. swift-footed

Examples

  • τί γὰρ παλαίσασ εὖ, τί δὲ ὠκύπουσ ἀνήρ ἢ δίσκον ἄρασ ἢ γνάθον παίσασ καλῶσ πόλει ι πατρῴᾳ στέφανον ἤρκεσεν λαβών; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 5 2:1)
  • κεῖνοσ γὰρ ἄλλησ ἡμέρασ, ὅθ’ ἱππικῶν ἦν ἡλίου τέλλοντοσ ὠκύπουσ ἀγών, εἰσῆλθε πολλῶν ἁρματηλατῶν μέτα. (Sophocles, episode 6:9)

Synonyms

  1. swift-footed

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

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