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/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowel ύ by adding a macron after it if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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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		ὠκῠπόδοιῐν ōkŭpódoiĭn	ὠκῠπόδοιῐν ōkŭpódoiĭn		ὠκῠπόδων ōkŭpódōn	ὠκῠπόδων ōkŭpódōn
Dative		ὠκῠ́ποδῐ ōkŭ́podĭ	ὠκῠ́ποδῐ ōkŭ́podĭ		ὠκῠπόδοιῐν ōkŭpódoiĭn	ὠκῠπόδοιῐν ōkŭpódoiĭn		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^[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.