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ταχύς

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταχύς ταχεῖα ταχύ

Structure: ταχυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. swift, quick, fast, rapid
  2. In a short time: soon

Declension

First/Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοὺσ οὖν πάλαι σοφοὺσ καὶ λογίουσ ἄμικτα θέσθαι τὰ ἐπίγεια καὶ τὰ οὐράνια χρὴ νομίζειν, οὐ τοῖσ τόποισ ὥσπερ ἐπὶ ζυγοῦ πρὸσ τὰ κάτω καὶ ἄνω βλέποντασ, ἀλλὰ τῇ διαφορᾷ τῶν δυνάμεων τὰ μὲν θερμὰ καὶ λαμπρὰ καὶ ταχέα καὶ κοῦφα τῇ θείᾳ καὶ ἀιδίῳ φύσει προσνέμοντασ, τὰ δὲ σκοτεινὰ καὶ ψυχρὰ καὶ βραδέα φθιτῶν καὶ ἐνέρων οὐκ εὐδαίμονα κλῆρον ἀποφαίνοντασ. (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 221)
  • σωφρονέστεροσ ἂν εἰή, ἐπειδὴ ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῶν καλῶν τι ἡμῖν ἡ σωφροσύνη ὑπετέθη, καλὰ δὲ οὐχ ἧττον <τὰ> ταχέα τῶν ἡσυχίων πέφανται. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 132:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἐὰν ἀμφότερα ταχέα ᾖ, ὅμωσ δὲ πλησίον γίγνηται ἀλλήλων, ὥσπερ τὰ ἑστηκότα ἐστίν. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 3 20:4)

Synonyms

  1. swift

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