θοός

θοός (A), ή, όν, ([etym.] θέω) poet. Adj.

A 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. εἰρεσίας ζυγόν S.Aj.249

(lyr.), cf. Orph.A.1037;

πτέρυξ E.Ion123

(lyr.), cf. A.Pr.129 (lyr.);

σάκος A.R.1.743

;

ἀσπίδας . . θοὸν ἔχμα βολάων Id.4.201

; πνοαί, αὖραι, E. Andr.479 (lyr.), Tr.454 (troch.): used adverbially with Verbs of motion, ἐκπρολιποῦσα θοὸν δόμον quickly, in haste, Antim.71 (expld. by An.Ox. from τίθημι)

; θοὰν νύμφαν ἄγαγες S.Tr.857

(lyr.). Adv. -ῶς quickly, in haste, Il.3.325, B.14.59, A.Pr.1060 (anap.), Pers.398, Hp.Mul.2.132;

θοώτερον A.R.3.1406

; soon, Od.15.216.

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θοός (B), ή, όν,

A pointed, sharp, νῆσοι, name of certain of the Echinades (acc. to Str.8.3.26), Od.15.299; so later θ. γόμφοι, ὀδόντες, πελέκεις, A.R.2.79, 3.1281, 4.1683;

ξίφος AP9.157

; cf. sq.