Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ταχύρρωστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταχύρρωστος ταχύρρωστον

Structure: ταχυρρωστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(w/omai

Sense

  1. swift-rushing

Examples

  • εἴθ’ ἀελλαία ταχύρρωστοσ πελειὰσ αἰθερίασ νεφέλασ κύρσαιμ’ ἄνωθ’ ἀγώνων αἰωρήσασα τοὐμὸν ὄμμα. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, strophe 24)

Synonyms

  1. swift-rushing

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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