The corpus record

λαιψηρός

laipseros

light, nimble, swift

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Where it lives

Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Iliad 10 · 0.9/10k

What it meant — LSJ

light, nimble, swift, light-footed, swift, swiftly

light, nimble, swift, λαιψηρά τε γοῦνα Il. 22.204, al.; of persons, light-footed, swift, 21.264; λ. βελέεσσιν ib. 278; ἀνέμων λ. κέλευθα 14.17; λ. δρόμος, πόδες, Pi. P. 9.121, N. 10.63, B. Scol.Oxy. Fr. 4.9; γνάθοι E. Alc. 494; πόλεμοι Pi. O. 12.4: neut. pl. as Adv., swiftly, E. Ion 717 (lyr.), Opp. H. 1.237: regul. Adv. -ρῶς ib. 5.660.

In the wild

λαιψηρῷ · laipsērōi Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 293)
λαιψηρῷ · laipsērōi Euripides, Hecuba (DIORISIS sentence 584)
λαιψηρὸν · laipsēron Euripides, Helen 555 (DIORISIS sentence 340)
λαιψηρὰ · laipsēra Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 468)
λαιψηρὰ · laipsēra Iliad 10.358
λαιψηρὰ · laipsēra Iliad 14.17

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λαιψηρός (scan pp. 872-873; entry #3651).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λαιψηρός (scan p. 631; entry #4638).

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