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ὠκύθοος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: ōkythoos

Principal Part: ὠκύθοος ὠκύθοη ὠκύθοον

Structure: ὠκυθο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: θέω

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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