quick, nimble, epith. of Ares and warriors, Il. 5.430, 571, 16.422, 494, etc.: c. inf., θ. μάχεσθαι 5.536; of things, χείρ 12.306; βέλος Od. 22.83; ἅρμα Il. 17.458; μάστιξ ib. 430; νῆες 14.410, etc.; νηυσὶ θοῇσι . . πεποιθότες ὠκείῃσι Od. 7.34; νύξ swift night, Il. 10.394, Od. 12.284, Hes. Th. 481; θοὴν ἀλεγύνετε δαῖτα partake of a hasty meal, i.e. in haste, Od. 8.38; later, of animals, Pi. P. 4.17, E. Ba. 977 (lyr.); also μάχαι Pi. P. 8.26; γλῶσσα Id. N. 7.72; θοὰ βάξις A. Ag. 476 (lyr.); θ. εἰ
The corpus record
θοός
thoos1
quick, nimble
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What it meant — LSJ
quick, nimble, swift, hasty, in haste, quickly, in haste, quickly, in haste, soon
Where it came from
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