Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠκύθοος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠκύθοος ὠκύθοη ὠκύθοον

Structure: ὠκυθο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qe/w

Sense

  1. swift-running

Examples

  • τί φέγγοσ, τίν’ αἴγλαν ἐδίφρευε τόθ’ ἅλιοσ σελάνα τε κατ’ αἰθέρα, λαμπάδ’ ἵν’ ὠκυθόαι νύμφαι, ἱππεύουσι δι’ ὀρφναίασ, ἁνίκα <γάμων> γάμων τῶν ἐμῶν πόλισ Ἄργουσ ἀοιδάσ, εὐδαιμονίασ, ἐπύργωσε καὶ γαμέτα χαλκεοτευχοῦσ, αἰαῖ, Καπανέωσ. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, strophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. swift-running

Similar forms

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

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