Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠκύπτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠκύπτερος ὠκύπτερον

Structure: ὠκυπτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ptero/n

Sense

  1. swift-winged
  2. the long quill-feathers in a wing

Examples

  • αὐτὸσ δ’ ὥσ τ’ ἴρηξ ὠκύπτεροσ ὦρτο πέτεσθαι, ὅσ ῥά τ’ ἀπ’ αἰγίλιποσ πέτρησ περιμήκεοσ ἀρθεὶσ ὁρμήσῃ πεδίοιο διώκειν ὄρνεον ἄλλο, ὣσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἠί̈ξε Ποσειδάων ἐνοσίχθων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 13 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. swift-winged

  2. the long quill-feathers in a wing

Related

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

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