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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

  • Ὅτι ἐγγὺσ ἡμέρα Κυρίου ἡ μεγάλη, ἐγγὺσ καὶ ταχεῖα σφόδρα. φωνὴ ἡμέρασ Κυρίου πικρὰ καὶ σκληρὰ τέτακται. (Septuagint, Prophetia Sophoniae 1:14)
  • ἐγγὺσ ἡμέρα Μωὰβ ἐλθεῖν, καὶ πονηρία αὐτοῦ ταχεῖα σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 31:16)
  • ὁ μὲν ταῦτα φήσει, ἀλαζὼν καὶ ἀρχαῖοσ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ καὶ Κρονικὸσ ἄνθρωποσ, νεκροὺσ εἰσ μίμησιν παλαιοὺσ προτιθεὶσ καὶ ἀνορύττειν ἀξιῶν λόγουσ πάλαι κατορωρυγμένουσ ὥσ τι μέγιστον ἀγαθόν, μαχαιροποιοῦ υἱὸν καὶ ἄλλον Ἀτρομήτου τινὸσ γραμματιστοῦ ζηλοῦν ἀξιῶν, καὶ ταῦτα ἐν εἰρήνῃ μήτε Φιλίππου ἐπιόντοσ μήτε Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐπιτάττοντοσ, ὅπου τὰ ἐκείνων ἴσωσ ἐδόκει χρήσιμα, οὐκ εἰδὼσ ὁποία νῦν κεκαινοτόμηται ταχεῖα καὶ ἀπράγμων καὶ εἰσ τὸ εὐθὺ τῆσ ῥητορικῆσ ὁδόσ. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 10:1)
  • πέπυσται γὰρ στρατόσ ‐ ταχεῖα γὰρ διῇξε φήμη ‐ παῖδα σὴν ἀφιγμένην. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 1:16)
  • ταχεῖα γὰρ νοτὶσ διώκει μ’ ὀμμάτων ψαύσαντά σου. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests 3:5)

Synonyms

  1. swift

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