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θοός

thoos

quick, nimble

Appears 97 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

θοός (A), ή, όν, (θέω) poet. Adj. A. quick, nimble, epith. of Ares and warriors, Il. 5.430, 571, 16.422, 494, etc.: c. inf., θ. μάχεσθαι 5.536; of things, χείρ 12.306; βέλος Od. 22.83; ἅρμα Il. 17.458; μάστιξ ib. 430; νῆες 14.410, etc.; νηυσὶ θοῇσι . . πεποιθότες ὠκείῃσι Od. 7.34; νύξ swift night, Il. 10.394, Od. 12.284, Hes. Th. 481; θοὴν ἀλεγύνετε δαῖτα partake of a hasty meal, i.e. in haste, Od. 8.38; later, of animals, Pi. P. 4.17, E. Ba. 977 (lyr.); also μάχαι Pi. P. 8.26; γλῶσσα Id. N. 7.72; θοὰ βάξις A. Ag. 476 (lyr.); θ. εἰρεσίας ζυγόν S. Aj. 249 (lyr.), cf. Orph. A. 1037; πτέρυξ E. Ion 123 (lyr.), cf. A. Pr. 129 (lyr.); σάκος A.R. 1.743; ἀσπίδας . . θοὸν ἔχμα βολάων Id. 4.201; πνοαί, αὖραι, E. Andr. 479 (lyr.), Tr. 454 (troch.): used adverbially with Verbs of motion, ἐκπρολιποῦσα θοὸν δόμον quickly, in haste, Antim. 71 (expld. by An.Ox. from τίθημι) ; θοὰν νύμφαν ἄγαγες S. Tr. 857 (lyr.). Adv. -ῶς quickly, in haste, Il. 3.325, B. 14.59, A. Pr. 1060 (anap.), Pers. 398, Hp. Mul. 2.132; θοώτερον A.R. 3.1406; soon, Od. 15.216.
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