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θοάζω (A), (θοός (A)) trans.,
A.move quickly, ply rapidly, “πτέρυγας” E. IT1142 (lyr.); τίς ὅδ᾽ 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.HF382 (lyr.).
2. 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).)
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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