ὠκύς

English (LSJ)

[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. Hes.Th. 780; in Od., only in 12.374 (

   A v.l. ὠκύς): fem. pl. ὠκεῖαι Od.7.36; Ep. gen. ὠκειάων 9.101, Il.4.500, etc.; fem. ὠκύς Jo.Gaz.Ecphr.1.240, v.l. (ἐν πολλοῖς Sch.) in Od.12.374:—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 δ' 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 Pi.P.1.6; αἰετός Id.N.3.80; ἴτ' ἆσσον ὠκεῖς S.Ant.1215, cf. E.Ba. 452, etc.; ὠκὺς Ἄρης Id.Andr.106 (eleg.), cf. Od.8.331 (Sup.); of the sun, ὠ. ἠέλιος Mimn.11.5, AP7.466 (Leon.): also ὠκὺ νόημα h.Merc.43, cf. Od.7.36; θνατῶν φρένες ὠκύτεραι Pi.P.4.139; πρᾶξις, γάμος, ib.9.67,114 (Sup.); ὠκεῖαι χάριτες γλυκερώτεραι AP10.30: τὸ ὠκύ quickness, sharpness, E.Fr.1032; ὤκιστος τῇ ἀκοῇ Ael.NA6.63.    2 of sound, shrill, ἀοιδαί, of the creaking of door-hinges, A.R.4.42.    II Adv. -έως Pi.P.3.58, N.10.64, Parth.2.6, Luc.Salt.19; cf. ὦκα: once neut. ὠκύ as Adv., ὣς ἔπεσ' Ἕκτορος ὠκὺ χαμαὶ μένος Il.14.418 (v.l. ὦκα, v. Sch.).    III degrees of Comparison, regul. Sup. ὠκύτατος Od.8.331, Pi.P.9.114: irreg. Sup., ὤκιστος πετεηνῶν Il. 15.238, 21.253; ὤκιστος ὄλεθρος 22.325; [καιρός] A.Th.65. Adv. ὤκιστα Od.22.77, 133, A.R.4.242.—The word is mostly Ep., being used once by A. and once by S., but more freq. in E.; also in late Prose, as Aret.SA2.3 (Comp.), Ael. l.c., Luc.Herm.77.

French (Bailly abrégé)

εῖα, ion. έα, ύ;
1 rapide, prompt, vite, agile : πόδας ὠκύς, aux pieds agiles;
2 aigu, perçant, tranchant ; en parl. du son ὤκιστος ἀκοῇ ÉL qui a l’ouïe très fine;
Cp. ὠκύτερος, Sp. ὠκύτατος ou ὤκιστος.
Étymologie: R. Ἀκ, être aigu ; cf. ἀκή, ἀκωκή, lat. acer, accipiter.