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 ōkŭ́pous	—		ὠκῠ́ποδε ōkŭ́pode	ὠκῠ́ποδε ōkŭ́pode		ὠκῠ́ποδες ōkŭ́podes	ὠκῠ́ποδᾰ ōkŭ́podă
Genitive		ὠκῠ́ποδος ōkŭ́podos	ὠκῠ́ποδος ōkŭ́podos		ὠκῠπόδοιν / ὠκῠπόδοιῐν ōkŭpódoi(ĭ)n	ὠκῠπόδοιν / ὠκῠπόδοιῐν ōkŭpódoi(ĭ)n		ὠκῠπόδων ōkŭpódōn	ὠκῠπόδων ōkŭpódōn
Dative		ὠκῠ́ποδῐ ōkŭ́podĭ	ὠκῠ́ποδῐ ōkŭ́podĭ		ὠκῠπόδοιν / ὠκῠπόδοιῐν ōkŭpódoi(ĭ)n	ὠκῠπόδοιν / ὠκῠπόδοιῐν ōkŭpódoi(ĭ)n		ὠκῠ́ποσῐ / ὠκῠ́ποσῐν / ὠκῠπόδεσσῐ / ὠκῠπόδεσσῐν / ὠκῠπόδεσῐ / ὠκῠπόδεσῐν ōkŭ́posĭ(n) / ōkŭpódessĭ(n) / ōkŭpódesĭ(n)	ὠκῠ́ποσῐ / ὠκῠ́ποσῐν / ὠκῠπόδεσσῐ / ὠκῠπόδεσσῐν / ὠκῠπόδεσῐ / ὠκῠπόδεσῐν ōkŭ́posĭ(n) / ōkŭpódessĭ(n) / ōkŭpódesĭ(n)
Accusative		ὠκῠ́ποδᾰ ōkŭ́podă	—		ὠκῠ́ποδε ōkŭ́pode	ὠκῠ́ποδε ōkŭ́pode		ὠκῠ́ποδᾰς ōkŭ́podăs	ὠκῠ́ποδᾰ ōkŭ́podă
Vocative		ὠκῠ́πους ōkŭ́pous	—		ὠκῠ́ποδε ōkŭ́pode	ὠκῠ́ποδε ōkŭ́pode		ὠκῠ́ποδες ōkŭ́podes	ὠκῠ́ποδᾰ ōkŭ́podă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὠκῠπόδως ōkŭpódōs			—			—
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, 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.