The Homer Reader The Iliad & Odyssey · Greek and English

θοάζω

thoazo

move quickly, ply rapidly

Appears 41 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

θοάζω (A), (θοός (A)) trans., A. move quickly, ply rapidly, πτέρυγας E.IT 1142 (lyr.); τίς ὅδʼ ἀγών . . θοάζων σε; what task is thus hurrying thee on? Id. Or. 335; θοάζω Βρομίῳ πόνον ἡδύν urge it on, Id. Ba. 65; θ. σῖτα γένυσι dispatch it quickly, Id. HF 382 (lyr.). 2. intr., move quickly, rush, dart, θοάζων αἰθέρος ἄνω καπνός Id. Or. 1542; ἐν δὲ δασκίοις ὄρεσι θ. Id. Ba. 219; θ. δρόμῳ Id. Tr. 307; κῆτος θοάζον ἐξ Ἀτλαντικῆς ἁλός Id. Fr. 145. (Cf. θέω, θοός (A).)
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