ὠκύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ]<b class="b3">, ὠκεῖα, ὠκύ</b>, gen. έος, είας, έος: Ep. and Ion. fem. [[ὠκέᾰ]], 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"><span class="bld">A</span> [[varia lectio|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>, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] (<b class="b3">ἐν πολλοῖς</b> Sch.) in <span class="bibl">Od.12.374</span>:—[[quick]], [[swift]], [[fleet]], κιχάνει τοι βραδὺς ὠκύν <span class="bibl">Od.8.329</span>; mostly of persons, freq. with [[πόδας]] added, specially of Achilles, <span class="bibl">Il.1.58</span>, etc.; also <b class="b3">ὠκὺς Ἀχ</b>., without [[πόδας]], <span class="bibl">21.211</span>, <span class="bibl">22.188</span>; so [[ὠκέα]], 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, especially 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>; [[πρᾶξις]], [[γάμος]], 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 [[quickness]], [[sharpness]], <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"><span class="bld">2</span> of sound, [[shrill]], [[ἀοιδαί]], of the creaking of door-hinges, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.42</span>. </span><span class="sense"><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. [[ὠκύ]] as adverb, ὣς ἔπεσ' Ἕκτορος ὠκὺ χαμαὶ μένος <span class="bibl">Il.14.418</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ὦκα]], v. Sch.). </span><span class="sense"><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>; ([[καιρός]]) <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>