Ὠκυμορώτατος

swiftest-dying, earliest-dying

Translated by Edward Dandrow9 Jun 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

2 words

[no gloss]

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὠκυμορώτατος.

Betacode

*)wkumorw/tatos.

Notes

In Homer, Iliad 1.505, Thetis describes her son Achilles as w)kumorw/tatos a)/llwn, "swiftest-dying of all" (web address 1). See already omega 54.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ω54Ὠκύμοροςswift-dying, early-dying[Meaning] quick to die. "Human affairs are swift-dying and transitory. Surely, then, they are full of zeal; and where the zeal is excessive, that is pardonable".

Neighbouring entries

ω53Ὠκύμολοςswift-going ω54Ὠκύμοροςswift-dying, early-dying ω55Ὠκυμορώτατοςswiftest-dying, earliest-dying ω56Ὠκυπέταςswift-flying, swift-running ω57Ὠκυπλόωνof swift-sailing [ones]

Revision history3 revisions · last 31 Oct 2013

31 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
14 Sep 2007removed link, raised status — Catharine Roth
21 Jun 2001modified headword, translation, note; added keywords — David Whitehead
9 Jun 2000Translated — Edward Dandrow