The corpus record

θοάζω

thoazo1

move quickly, ply rapidly

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
Bacchae 2 · 2.66/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k

What it meant — LSJ

move quickly, ply rapidly, hurrying, on?, urge, on, dispatch, quickly

move quickly, ply rapidly, πτέρυγας E. IT 1142 (lyr.); τίς ὅδʼ ἀγών . . θοάζων σε; what task is thus hurrying thee on? Id. Or. 335; θοάζω Βρομίῳ πόνον ἡδύν urge it on, Id. Ba. 65; θ. σῖτα γένυσι dispatch it quickly, Id. HF 382 (lyr.).

2 move quickly, rush, dart

intr., move quickly, rush, dart, θοάζων αἰθέρος ἄνω καπνός Id. Or. 1542; ἐν δὲ δασκίοις ὄρεσι θ. Id. Ba. 219; θ. δρόμῳ Id. Tr. 307; κῆτος θοάζον ἐξ Ἀτλαντικῆς ἁλός Id. Fr. 145. (Cf. θέω, θοός (A).)

In the wild

θοάζων · thoazōn Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 595–596
θοάζειν · thoazein Euripides, Bacchae 215–220
θοάζω · thoazō Euripides, Bacchae 64–67
θοάζουσα · thoazousa Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 2.1140 (DIORISIS sentence 673)
θοάζων · thoazōn Euripides, Orestes 1 (DIORISIS sentence 206)
θοάζων · thoazōn Euripides, Orestes 1 (DIORISIS sentence 1041)

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Where it came from

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