ὠκύπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὠκύς (ōkús, “swift, fast”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔː.ký.puːs/ → /oˈcy.pus/ → /oˈci.pus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔː.ký.puːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈky.pus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈcy.pus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈcy.pus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈci.pus/

Adjective

ὠκύπους • (ōkúpous) m or f (neuter —); third declension

1. fleetfooted

Declension

Third declension of ὠκῠ́πους; — (Epic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὠκῠ́πους ōkúpous	—		ὠκῠ́ποδε ōkúpode	ὠκῠ́ποδε ōkúpode		ὠκῠ́ποδες ōkúpodes	ὠκῠ́ποδᾰ ōkúpoda
Genitive		ὠκῠ́ποδος ōkúpodos	ὠκῠ́ποδος ōkúpodos		ὠκῠπόδοιῐν ōkupódoiin	ὠκῠπόδοιῐν ōkupódoiin		ὠκῠπόδων ōkupódōn	ὠκῠπόδων ōkupódōn
Dative		ὠκῠ́ποδῐ ōkúpodi	ὠκῠ́ποδῐ ōkúpodi		ὠκῠπόδοιῐν ōkupódoiin	ὠκῠπόδοιῐν ōkupódoiin		ὠκῠ́ποσῐ / ὠκῠ́ποσῐν / ὠκῠπόδεσσῐ / ὠκῠπόδεσσῐν / ὠκῠπόδεσῐ / ὠκῠπόδεσῐν ōkúposi(n) / ōkupódessi(n) / ōkupódesi(n)	ὠκῠ́ποσῐ / ὠκῠ́ποσῐν / ὠκῠπόδεσσῐ / ὠκῠπόδεσσῐν / ὠκῠπόδεσῐ / ὠκῠπόδεσῐν ōkúposi(n) / ōkupódessi(n) / ōkupódesi(n)
Accusative		ὠκῠ́ποδᾰ ōkúpoda	—		ὠκῠ́ποδε ōkúpode	ὠκῠ́ποδε ōkúpode		ὠκῠ́ποδᾰς ōkúpodas	ὠκῠ́ποδᾰ ōkúpoda
Vocative		ὠκῠ́πους ōkúpous	—		ὠκῠ́ποδε ōkúpode	ὠκῠ́ποδε ōkúpode		ὠκῠ́ποδες ōkúpodes	ὠκῠ́ποδᾰ ōkúpoda
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὠκῠπόδως ōkupódōs			—			—
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Ocypode

Further reading

• “ὠκύπους”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὠκύπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὠκύπους in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὠκύπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὠκύπους”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fast idem, page 308.
  • fleet idem, page 327.
  • nimble idem, page 558.
  • quick idem, page 665.
  • swift idem, page 848.
  • swift-footed idem, page 848.