ὠκύς
okys
quick, swift, fleet
Appears 122 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὠκύς [ῠ], ὠκεῖα, ὠκύ, gen. έος, είας, έος: Ep. and Ion. fem. ὠκέᾰ, as always in Il.,2.786, al. (in the formula ὠκέα Ἶρις), cf. Th. 780; in Od., only in 12.374 (v.l. ὠκύς): fem. pl. ὠκεῖαι Od. 7.36; Ep. gen. ὠκειάων 9.101, Il. 4.500, etc.; fem. ὠκύς Ecphr. 1.240, v.l. (ἐν πολλοῖς Sch.) in Od. 12.374:—A. quick, swift, fleet, κιχάνει τοι βραδὺς ὠκύν Od. 8.329; mostly of persons, freq. with πόδας added, specially of Achilles, Il. 1.58, etc.; also ὠκὺς Ἀχ., without πόδας, 21.211, 22.188; so ὠκέα, of Iris, 2.786, al. (ὦκα δὲ Ἶ. shd. be read for ὠκέα δʼ Ἶρις, 23.198); of animals, [ἴρηξ] ὤκιστος πετεηνῶν 15.238, cf. 21.253; ἵπποι 8.88; ἔλαφοι Od. 6.104; also of things, esp. of ships, Il. 8.197, Od. 7.36; of arrows, Il. 5.106, 112, al.; ὠ. πτέρυξ P. 1.6; αἰετός N. 3.80; ἴτʼ ἆσσον ὠκεῖς Ant. 1215, cf. Ba. 452, etc.; ὠκὺς Ἄρης Andr. 106 (eleg.), cf. Od. 8.331 (Sup.); of the sun, ὠ. ἠέλιος 11.5, AP 7.466 (): also ὠκὺ νόημα h.Merc. 43, cf. Od. 7.36; θνατῶν φρένες ὠκύτεραι P. 4.139; πρᾶξις, γάμος, ib.9.67,114 (Sup.); ὠκεῖαι χάριτες γλυκερώτεραι AP 10.30: τὸ ὠκύ quickness, sharpness, Fr. 1032; ὤκιστος τῇ ἀκοῇ NA 6.63. 2. of sound, shrill, ἀοιδαί, of the creaking of door-hinges, 4.42. II. Adv. -έως P. 3.58, N. 10.64, Parth. 2.6, Salt. 19; cf. ὦκα: once neut. ὠκύ as Adv., ὣς ἔπεσʼ Ἕκτορος ὠκὺ χαμαὶ μένος Il. 14.418 (v.l. ὦκα, v. Sch.). III. degrees of Comparison, regul. Sup. ὠκύτατος Od. 8.331, P. 9.114: irreg. Sup., ὤκιστος πετεηνῶν Il. 15.238, 21.253; ὤκιστος ὄλεθρος 22.325; [καιρός] Th. 65. Adv. ὤκιστα Od. 22.77, 133, 4.242.—The word is mostly Ep., being used once by and once by , but more freq. in ; also in late Prose, as SA 2.3 (Comp.), l.c., Herm. 77.
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