ὠκυπέτης
From LSJ
και ἅμα ἐλευθέραν καὶ εὐδοξοτάτην πόλιν διὰ παντὸς νεμόμεθα και δύναται μάλιστα σωφροσύνη ἔμφρων τοῦτ᾿ εἶναι → Just remember, we're a people with a long-standing reputation for freedom, a people held in the highest honor. Slowness to act can be nothing more than a mark of clear-headed self-control (Spartan King Archidamus)
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ,
A swift-flying, swift-running, ἵππω ὠκυπέτα Il.8.42, 13.24; ἴρηξ Hes.Op.212: metaph., ὠ. μόρος S.Tr.1042 (lyr.):—also fem. Ὠκυπέτη, name of a Harpy, Hes.Th.267; and ὠκυπέτεια χελιδών, of a fish (cf. χελιδών 11), Marc.Sid.17.
