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|Full diacritics=ὠκύς
|Medium diacritics=ὠκύς
|Low diacritics=ωκύς
|Capitals=ΩΚΥΣ
|Transliteration A=ōkýs
|Transliteration B=ōkys
|Transliteration C=okys
|Beta Code=w)ku/s
|Definition=[ῠ]<b class="b3">, ὠκεῖα, ὠκύ</b>, gen. έος, είας, έος: Ep. and Ion. fem. <b class="b3">ὠκέᾰ</b>, as always in <span class="bibl">Il.,2.786</span>, al. (in the formula <b class="b3">ὠκέα Ἶρις</b>), cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span> 780</span>; in Od., only in <span class="bibl">12.374</span> (<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> v.l. [[ὠκύς]]): fem. pl. ὠκεῖαι <span class="bibl">Od.7.36</span>; Ep. gen. ὠκειάων <span class="bibl">9.101</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.500</span>, etc.; fem. ὠκύς <span class="bibl">Jo.Gaz.<span class="title">Ecphr.</span>1.240</span>, v.l. (<b class="b3">ἐν πολλοῖς</b> Sch.) in <span class="bibl">Od.12.374</span>:—<b class="b2">quick, swift, fleet</b>, κιχάνει τοι βραδὺς ὠκύν <span class="bibl">Od.8.329</span>; mostly of persons, freq. with <b class="b3">πόδας</b> added, specially of Achilles, <span class="bibl">Il.1.58</span>, etc.; also <b class="b3">ὠκὺς Ἀχ</b>., without <b class="b3">πόδας</b>, <span class="bibl">21.211</span>, <span class="bibl">22.188</span>; so <b class="b3">ὠκέα</b>, of Iris, <span class="bibl">2.786</span>, al. (<b class="b3">ὦκα δὲ Ἶ</b>. shd. be read for <b class="b3">ὠκέα δ' Ἶρις</b>, <span class="bibl">23.198</span>); of animals, [ἴρηξ] ὤκιστος πετεηνῶν <span class="bibl">15.238</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">21.253</span>; ἵπποι <span class="bibl">8.88</span>; ἔλαφοι <span class="bibl">Od.6.104</span>; also of things, esp. of ships, <span class="bibl">Il.8.197</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.7.36</span>; of arrows, <span class="bibl">Il.5.106</span>, <span class="bibl">112</span>, al.; ὠ. πτέρυξ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.6</span>; αἰετός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>3.80</span>; ἴτ' ἆσσον ὠκεῖς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1215</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span> 452</span>, etc.; ὠκὺς Ἄρης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>106</span> (eleg.), cf. <span class="bibl">Od.8.331</span> (Sup.); of the sun, ὠ. ἠέλιος <span class="bibl">Mimn.11.5</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>7.466 (Leon.): also ὠκὺ νόημα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>43</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.7.36</span>; θνατῶν φρένες ὠκύτεραι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.139</span>; <b class="b3">πρᾶξις, γάμος</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">9.67</span>,<span class="bibl">114</span> (Sup.); ὠκεῖαι χάριτες γλυκερώτεραι <span class="title">AP</span>10.30: τὸ ὠκύ <b class="b2">quickness, sharpness</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1032</span>; ὤκιστος τῇ ἀκοῇ <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>6.63</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of sound, <b class="b2">shrill</b>, <b class="b3">ἀοιδαί</b>, of the creaking of door-hinges, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.42</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adv. -έως <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.58</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>10.64</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Parth.</span>2.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>19</span>; cf. [[ὦκα]]: once neut. <b class="b3">ὠκύ</b> as Adv., ὣς ἔπεσ' Ἕκτορος ὠκὺ χαμαὶ μένος <span class="bibl">Il.14.418</span> (v.l. [[ὦκα]], v. Sch.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> degrees of Comparison, regul. Sup. ὠκύτατος <span class="bibl">Od.8.331</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.114</span>: irreg. Sup., ὤκιστος πετεηνῶν <span class="bibl">Il. 15.238</span>, <span class="bibl">21.253</span>; ὤκιστος ὄλεθρος <span class="bibl">22.325</span>; [<b class="b3">καιρός</b>] <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>65</span>. Adv. ὤκιστα <span class="bibl">Od.22.77</span>, <span class="bibl">133</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.242</span>.—The word is mostly Ep., being used once by A. and once by S., but more freq. in E.; also in late Prose, as <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SA</span>2.3</span> (Comp.), Ael. l.c., <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>77</span>.</span>
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{{bailly
|btext=εῖα, ion. έα, ύ;<br /><b>1</b> rapide, prompt, vite, agile : πόδας [[ὠκύς]], aux pieds agiles;<br /><b>2</b> aigu, perçant, tranchant ; <i>en parl. du son</i> [[ὤκιστος]] ἀκοῇ ÉL qui a l’ouïe très fine;<br /><i>Cp.</i> [[ὠκύτερος]], <i>Sp.</i> [[ὠκύτατος]] <i>ou</i> [[ὤκιστος]].<br />'''Étymologie:''' R. Ἀκ, être aigu ; cf. [[ἀκή]], [[ἀκωκή]], <i>lat.</i> acer, accipiter.
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{{Autenrieth
|auten=ὠκεῖα and [[ὠκέα]], ὠκύ (cf. ocior), [[sup]]. [[ὤκιστος]], [[ὠκύτατος]] (Od. 8.331): [[swift]], [[fleet]], [[often]] πόδας [[ὠκύς]], ‘[[swift]]-footed.’ Of things, [[βέλος]], [[ὀιστός]], [[ὄλεθρος]], Il. 22.325. Predicatively as adv., Od. 12.374, Il. 23.880.—Sup. neut. pl. as adv., [[ὤκιστα]], Od. 22.77, 133.
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{{Slater
|sltr=<b>ὠκῠς</b> (-ύς; -εῖα, -εῖαν, -είας; -έα nom.: ὠκύτεραι: ὠκύτατον m.) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> [[swift]], [[eager]] [[πολλά]] μοι ὑπ' ἀγκῶνος [[ὠκέα]] βέλη [[ἔνδον]] ἐντὶ φαρέτρας (O. 2.83) Διὸς [[αἰετός]], ὠκεῖαν πτέρυγ' [[ἀμφοτέρωθεν]] χαλάξαις (P. 1.6) “ἐντὶ μὲν θνατῶν φρένες ὠκύτεραι [[κέρδος]] αἰνῆσαι πρὸ δίκας” (P. 4.139) ὠκεῖα δ' ἐπειγομένων [[ἤδη]] [[θεῶν]] [[πρᾶξις]] pr. (P. 9.67) ἄκουσεν Δαναόν ποτ' ἐν Ἄργει [[οἷον]] εὗρεν [[τεσσαράκοντα]] καὶ ὀκτὼ παρθένοισι πρὶν [[μέσον]] [[ἆμαρ]] [[ἑλεῖν]] ὠκύτατον γάμον (P. 9.114) τέκνοισιν ὠκείας γνάθους ἀμφελίξασθαι μεμαῶτες (N. 1.42) ἔστι δ' αἰετὸς [[ὠκὺς]] ἐν ποτανοῖς (N. 3.80) ὠκείας τ' ἀνέμων [[ῥιπάς]] *fr. 140c. 2*. ]ωκεια[ P. Oxy. 2442, fr. 104. adv., [[ὠκέως]], ἀμπνοὰν στέρνων κάθελεν [[ὠκέως]] (P. 3.58) καὶ [[μέγα]] [[ἔργον]] ἐμήσαντ' [[ὠκέως]] (N. 10.64) ζωσαμένα τε [[πέπλον]] [[ὠκέως]] Παρθ. 2. 6.
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