The corpus record

ὠκύμορος

okumoros

quickly dying, dying early

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Where it lives

Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k
Iliad 5 · 0.45/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

quickly dying, dying early, transient

quickly dying, dying early, of Achilles, Il. 1.417, 18.95, 458; ὠκυμορώτατος ἄλλων 1.505; of the suitors, Od. 1.266, al.; of φιτρός of Meleager, B. 5.141; in Epitaphs, Epigr.Gr. 527 (Beroea), 540 (Thrace), al.; so in later Prose, Ph. 2.45; of flowers, Philostr. Ep. 4: of things, transient, J. AJ 11.3.6, Ph. 1.478: neut. pl. as Adv., Supp.Epigr. 6.501 (Isaura).

II bringing a quick, early death

Act., bringing a quick or early death, ἰοί Il. 15.441, Od. 22.75; φαρμάκων δυνάμεις Plu. Ant. 71; κώνειον -ώτατον Id. Dio 58.

In the wild

ὠκύμορος · ōkymoros Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5074)
ὠκύμορος · ōkymoros Iliad 1.417
ὠκυμορώτατος · ōkymorōtatos Iliad 1.505
ὠκύμοροι · ōkymoroi Iliad 15.441
ὠκυμόρῳ · ōkymorōi Iliad 18.458
ὠκύμορος · ōkymoros Iliad 18.95

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