Ὠκύπτερον
swift-winged
Translated by Edward Dandrow9 Jun 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] quick-flying.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὠκύπτερον· ταχυπέτη.
Betacode
*)wku/pteron: taxupe/th.
Notes
- Likewise in the Lexica Segueriana (421.6). The headword adjective, as glossed, is in the masculine accusative singular and must be quoted from somewhere. Clement of Alexandria preserves such an instance, referring to a kite. In other grammatical cases the adjective is used literally of a hawk in Homer, Iliad 13.62 (web address 1; for further literal applications see LSJ s.v.) and figuratively of ships in Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 734 (web address 2).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 31 Oct 2013
- tweaked and expanded note — David Whitehead
- augmented note, added link, raised status — Catharine Roth
- deleted link — Catharine Roth
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- modified headword, translation, note, keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Edward Dandrow