ὠκύς
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁oh₁ḱús (“quick, swift”). Cognate with Sanskrit आशु (āśú) and Latin ocior, and possibly related to ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɔː.kýs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /oˈkys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /oˈcys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /oˈcys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /oˈcis/
Adjective edit
ὠκῠ́ς • (ōkús) m (feminine ὠκεῖᾰ, neuter ὠκῠ́); first/third declension
- (chiefly poetic) fast, swift, quick
- (with accusative of respect, in the epithet πόδας ὠκύς (pódas ōkús), referring to Achilles) swift of foot, swift-footed
Inflection edit
The feminine singular ὠκέᾰ (ōkéa) is used by Homer for metrical reasons, especially in the phrase (πόδας) ὠκέᾰ Ἶρῐς ((pódas) ōkéa Îris) (short–short—long–short–short—long–long), used at the end of a line, where ὠκεῖᾰ (ōkeîa) would yield an unmetrical short–short—long–long–short–long–long.
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ὠκῠ́ς ōkús |
ὠκεῖᾰ ōkeîa |
ὠκῠ́ ōkú |
ὠκέε ōkée |
ὠκείᾱ ōkeíā |
ὠκέε ōkée |
ὠκεῖς ōkeîs |
ὠκεῖαι ōkeîai |
ὠκέᾰ ōkéa | |||||
Genitive | ὠκέος ōkéos |
ὠκείᾱς ōkeíās |
ὠκέος ōkéos |
ὠκέοιν ōkéoin |
ὠκείαιν ōkeíain |
ὠκέοιν ōkéoin |
ὠκέων ōkéōn |
ὠκειῶν ōkeiôn |
ὠκέων ōkéōn | |||||
Dative | ὠκεῖ ōkeî |
ὠκείᾳ ōkeíāi |
ὠκεῖ ōkeî |
ὠκέοιν ōkéoin |
ὠκείαιν ōkeíain |
ὠκέοιν ōkéoin |
ὠκέσῐ / ὠκέσῐν ōkési(n) |
ὠκείαις ōkeíais |
ὠκέσῐ / ὠκέσῐν ōkési(n) | |||||
Accusative | ὠκῠ́ν ōkún |
ὠκεῖᾰν ōkeîan |
ὠκῠ́ ōkú |
ὠκέε ōkée |
ὠκείᾱ ōkeíā |
ὠκέε ōkée |
ὠκεῖς ōkeîs |
ὠκείᾱς ōkeíās |
ὠκέᾰ ōkéa | |||||
Vocative | ὠκῠ́ ōkú |
ὠκεῖᾰ ōkeîa |
ὠκῠ́ ōkú |
ὠκέε ōkée |
ὠκείᾱ ōkeíā |
ὠκέε ōkée |
ὠκεῖς ōkeîs |
ὠκεῖαι ōkeîai |
ὠκέᾰ ōkéa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὠκέως ōkéōs |
ὠκῠ́τερος ōkúteros |
ὠκῠ́τᾰτος ōkútatos | ||||||||||||
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Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ὠκῠ́ς ōkús |
ὠκέᾰ ōkéa |
ὠκῠ́ ōkú |
ὠκέε ōkée |
ὠκείᾱ ōkeíā |
ὠκέε ōkée |
ὠκέες ōkées |
ὠκεῖαι ōkeîai |
ὠκέᾰ ōkéa | |||||
Genitive | ὠκέος ōkéos |
ὠκείης ōkeíēs |
ὠκέος ōkéos |
ὠκέοιῐν ōkéoiin |
ὠκείαιν / ὠκείαιῐν / ὠκείῃῐν ōkeíai(i)n / ōkeíēiin |
ὠκέοιῐν ōkéoiin |
ὠκέων ōkéōn |
ὠκειᾱ́ων / ὠκειέ͜ων / ὠκειῶν ōkeiā́ōn / ōkeié͜ōn / ōkeiôn |
ὠκέων ōkéōn | |||||
Dative | ὠκεῖ ōkeî |
ὠκείῃ ōkeíēi |
ὠκεῖ ōkeî |
ὠκέοιῐν ōkéoiin |
ὠκείαιν / ὠκείαιῐν / ὠκείῃῐν ōkeíai(i)n / ōkeíēiin |
ὠκέοιῐν ōkéoiin |
ὠκέεσσῐ / ὠκέεσσῐν / ὠκέεσῐ / ὠκέεσῐν / ὠκέσῐ / ὠκέσῐν ōkéessi(n) / ōkéesi(n) / ōkési(n) |
ὠκείῃσῐ / ὠκείῃσῐν / ὠκείῃς / ὠκείαις ōkeíēisi(n) / ōkeíēis / ōkeíais |
ὠκέεσσῐ / ὠκέεσσῐν / ὠκέεσῐ / ὠκέεσῐν / ὠκέσῐ / ὠκέσῐν ōkéessi(n) / ōkéesi(n) / ōkési(n) | |||||
Accusative | ὠκῠ́ν ōkún |
ὠκεῖᾰν ōkeîan |
ὠκῠ́ ōkú |
ὠκέε ōkée |
ὠκείᾱ ōkeíā |
ὠκέε ōkée |
ὠκέᾰς ōkéas |
ὠκείᾱς ōkeíās |
ὠκέᾰ ōkéa | |||||
Vocative | ὠκῠ́ ōkú |
ὠκέᾰ ōkéa |
ὠκῠ́ ōkú |
ὠκέε ōkée |
ὠκείᾱ ōkeíā |
ὠκέε ōkée |
ὠκέες ōkées |
ὠκεῖαι ōkeîai |
ὠκέᾰ ōkéa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὠκέως ōkéōs |
ὠκῠ́τερος ōkúteros |
ὠκῠ́τᾰτος ōkútatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms edit
- ταχύς (takhús)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “ὠκύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὠκύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ὠκύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὠκύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὠκύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ὠκύς”, 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.