The corpus record

ὠκυπέτης

okupetes · ὁ

swift-flying, swift-running

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Where it lives

Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

swift-flying, swift-running

swift-flying, swift-running, ἵππω ὠκυπέτα Il. 8.42, 13.24; ἴρηξ Hes. Op. 212: metaph., ὠ. μόρος S. Tr. 1042 (lyr.):—also fem. Ὠκυπέτη, name of a Harpy, Hes. Th. 267; and ὠκυπέτεια χελιδών, of a fish (cf. χελιδών II), Marc.Sid. 17.

In the wild

ὠκυπέτης · ōkypetēs Works and Days 212
ὠκυπέτα · ōkypeta Iliad 13.24
ὠκυπέτα · ōkypeta Iliad 8.42
ὠκυπέτᾳ · ōkypetai Sophocles, Trachiniae 1040–1043

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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