ὠκύροος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὠκῠ́ς (ōkŭ́s, “swift, fast”) +‎ ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔː.ký.ro.os/ → /oˈcy.ro.os/ → /oˈci.ro.os/

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

Adjective

ὠκῠ́ροος • (ōkŭ́roos) m or f (neuter ὠκῠ́ροον); second declension

1. swift flowing

Declension

Second declension of ὠκῠ́ροος; ὠκῠ́ροον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὠκῠ́ροος ōkŭ́roos	ὠκῠ́ροον ōkŭ́roon		ὠκῠρόω ōkŭróō	ὠκῠρόω ōkŭróō		ὠκῠ́ροοι ōkŭ́rooi	ὠκῠ́ροᾰ ōkŭ́roă
Genitive		ὠκῠρόου ōkŭróou	ὠκῠρόου ōkŭróou		ὠκῠρόοιν ōkŭróoin	ὠκῠρόοιν ōkŭróoin		ὠκῠρόων ōkŭróōn	ὠκῠρόων ōkŭróōn
Dative		ὠκῠρόῳ ōkŭróōi	ὠκῠρόῳ ōkŭróōi		ὠκῠρόοιν ōkŭróoin	ὠκῠρόοιν ōkŭróoin		ὠκῠρόοις ōkŭróois	ὠκῠρόοις ōkŭróois
Accusative		ὠκῠ́ροον ōkŭ́roon	ὠκῠ́ροον ōkŭ́roon		ὠκῠρόω ōkŭróō	ὠκῠρόω ōkŭróō		ὠκῠρόους ōkŭróous	ὠκῠ́ροᾰ ōkŭ́roă
Vocative		ὠκῠ́ροε ōkŭ́roe	ὠκῠ́ροον ōkŭ́roon		ὠκῠρόω ōkŭróō	ὠκῠρόω ōkŭróō		ὠκῠ́ροοι ōkŭ́rooi	ὠκῠ́ροᾰ ōkŭ́roă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὠκῠρόως ōkŭróōs			ὠκῠροώτερος ōkŭroṓteros			ὠκῠροώτᾰτος ōkŭroṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ὠκυρόη (Ōkuróē)

Further reading

• “ὠκύροος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὠκύροος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette