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ταχύβουλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταχύβουλος ταχύβουλον

Structure: ταχυβουλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: boulh/

Sense

  1. hasty in counsel

Examples

  • διαβαλλόμενοσ δ’ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἐν Ἀθηναίοισ ταχυβούλοισ, ὡσ κωμῳδεῖ τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν καὶ τὸν δῆμον καθυβρίζει, ἀποκρίνασθαι δεῖται νυνὶ πρὸσ Ἀθηναίουσ μεταβούλουσ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Parabasis, parabasis2)

Synonyms

  1. hasty in counsel

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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