The corpus record

ὦκα

oka

quickly, swiftly

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Where it lives

Iliad 44 · 3.95/10k
Odyssey 32 · 3.68/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. ὦκα · ōka

quickly, swiftly

quickly, swiftly, Il. 1.402, 5.88, Od. 6.317, etc.; strengthd., μάλʼ ὦ. Il. 2.52, Od. 2.8, etc.; ὦ. μάλʼ Il. 17.190, al.

2 immediately

of Time, ὦ. δʼ ἔπειτα immediately, Od. 17.329, Il. 18.527, al.:—Cleitorian (Arc.) word acc. to AB 1096.

2. ὅκᾰ · hoka

3. ὄκᾳ · okai

In the wild

ὦκα · ōka Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.8 (DIORISIS sentence 885)
ὦκα · ōka Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.9 (DIORISIS sentence 3597)
ὦχʼ · ōchʼ Iliad 1.402
ὦκα · ōka Iliad 1.447
ὦκα · ōka Iliad 10.350
ὦκʼ · ōkʼ Iliad 11.354

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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