ὠκύροος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὠκῠ́ς (ōkús, “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 • (ōkúroos) 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 ōkúroos	ὠκῠ́ροον ōkúroon		ὠκῠρόω ōkuróō	ὠκῠρόω ōkuróō		ὠκῠ́ροοι ōkúrooi	ὠκῠ́ροᾰ ōkúroa
Genitive		ὠκῠρόου ōkuróou	ὠκῠρόου ōkuróou		ὠκῠρόοιν ōkuróoin	ὠκῠρόοιν ōkuróoin		ὠκῠρόων ōkuróōn	ὠκῠρόων ōkuróōn
Dative		ὠκῠρόῳ ōkuróōi	ὠκῠρόῳ ōkuróōi		ὠκῠρόοιν ōkuróoin	ὠκῠρόοιν ōkuróoin		ὠκῠρόοις ōkuróois	ὠκῠρόοις ōkuróois
Accusative		ὠκῠ́ροον ōkúroon	ὠκῠ́ροον ōkúroon		ὠκῠρόω ōkuróō	ὠκῠρόω ōkuróō		ὠκῠρόους ōkuróous	ὠκῠ́ροᾰ ōkúroa
Vocative		ὠκῠ́ροε ōkúroe	ὠκῠ́ροον ōkúroon		ὠκῠρόω ōkuróō	ὠκῠρόω ōkuróō		ὠκῠ́ροοι ōkúrooi	ὠκῠ́ροᾰ ōkúroa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὠκῠρόως ōkuróōs			ὠκῠροώτερος ōkuroṓteros			ὠκῠροώτᾰτος ōkuroṓtatos
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