quick, swift, fleet, κιχάνει τοι βραδὺς ὠκύν Od. 8.329; mostly of persons, freq. with πόδας added, specially of Achilles, Il. 1.58, etc.; also ὠκὺς Ἀχ., without πόδας, 21.211, 22.188; so ὠκέα, of Iris, 2.786, al. (ὦκα δὲ Ἶ. shd. be read for ὠκέα δʼ Ἶρις, 23.198); of animals, [ἴρηξ] ὤκιστος πετεηνῶν 15.238, cf. 21.253; ἵπποι 8.88; ἔλαφοι Od. 6.104; also of things, esp. of ships, Il. 8.197, Od. 7.36; of arrows, Il. 5.106, 112, al.; ὠ. πτέρυξ Pi. P. 1.6; αἰετός Id. N. 3.80; ἴτʼ ἆσσον ὠκεῖς S. Ant.
of sound, shrill, ἀοιδαί, of the creaking of door-hinges, A.R. 4.42.
Adv. -έως Pi. P. 3.58, N. 10.64, Parth. 2.6, Luc. Salt. 19; cf. ὦκα: once neut. ὠκύ as Adv., ὣς ἔπεσʼ Ἕκτορος ὠκὺ χαμαὶ μένος Il. 14.418 (v.l. ὦκα, v. Sch.).
degrees of Comparison, regul. Sup. ὠκύτατος Od. 8.331, Pi. P. 9.114: irreg. Sup., ὤκιστος πετεηνῶν Il. 15.238, 21.253; ὤκιστος ὄλεθρος 22.325; [καιρός] A. Th. 65. Adv. ὤκιστα Od. 22.77, 133, A.R. 4.242.—The word is mostly Ep., being used once by A. and once by S., but more freq. in E.; also in late Prose, as Aret. SA 2.3 (Comp.), Ael. l.c., Luc. Herm. 77.