The corpus record

ὠκύπτερος

okupteros

swift-winged

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

swift-winged, the sails

swift-winged, ἴρηξ Il. 13.62: metaph. of ships (πτερά being the sails), A. Supp. 734.

II the long quill-feathers in a wing

ὠκύπτερα, τά, the long quill-feathers in a wing, Ar. Av. 803, Stratt. 27, A.R. 2.1255, Babr. 99(100).4, Plu. CG 1.

In the wild

ὠκύπτεροι · ōkypteroi Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 734
ὠκύπτερος · ōkypteros Iliad 13.62

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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