Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ταχυεργός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταχυεργός ταχυεργόν

Structure: ταχυεργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: E)/rgw

Sense

  1. working quickly.

Examples

  • δείσασ οὖν περὶ μὲν τῶν Ἰβήρων ὡσ βαρβάρων ταχυέργων, περὶ δὲ Βρεττίων ὡσ Ἰταλῶν ὁμοεθνῶν Σκιπίωνι, μὴ ἐσ συγγνώμην ὧν ἐξήμαρτον ἐσ τὴν Ἰταλίαν, προσαγάγωσιν αὐτὸν τῷ Σκιπίωνι, λαθὼν ἐξέφυγε μεθ’ ἑνὸσ ἱππέωσ, ᾧ μάλιστ’ ἐπίστευεν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 7 10:7)
  • τό τε σιτηρέσιον τοῖσ πένησι χορηγούμενον ἐν μόνῃ Ῥώμῃ τὸν ἀργὸν καὶ πτωχεύοντα καὶ ταχυεργὸν τῆσ Ἰταλίασ λεὼν ἐσ τὴν Ῥώμην ἐπάγεται. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 17 3:9)

Synonyms

  1. working quickly

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

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