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ὠκύθοος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠκύθοος ὠκύθοη ὠκύθοον

Structure: ὠκυθο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qe/w

Sense

  1. swift-running

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ ἑτέρα καλουμένη Ὠκυπέτη, ὡσ δὲ ἔνιοι Ὠκυθόη Ἡσίοδοσ δὲ λέγει αὐτὴν Ὠκυπόδην, αὕτη κατὰ τὴν Προποντίδα φεύγουσα μέχρισ Ἐχινάδων ἦλθε νήσων, αἳ νῦν ἀπ’ ἐκείνησ Στροφάδεσ καλοῦνται· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 21:12)

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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