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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

  • ὅθεν οἵ τε φίλοι καὶ οἱ σωματοφύλακεσ αὐτοῦ ταχεῖαν καὶ ὀξεῖαν ἰδόντεσ τὴν καταλαβοῦσαν αὐτὸν εὔθυναν, φοβούμενοι μὴ καὶ τὸ ζῆν ἐκλείπῃ, ταχέωσ αὐτὸν ἐξείλκυσαν ὑπερβάλλοντι καταπεπληγμένοι φόβῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 2:23)
  • καὶ οὐ καθ’ ἓν ἴσωσ τοῦτο μόνον ἐπαινεῖν τὸν παρόντα χρόνον καὶ τοὺσ συμφιλοσοφοῦντασ ἀνθρώπουσ ἄξιον, ὅτι τὰ κρείττω τιμιώτερα ποιεῖν τῶν χειρόνων ἤρξαντο καίτοι μέροσ γε τοῦ παντὸσ ἥμισυ ἀρχὴ λέγεταί τε καὶ ἔστιν, ἀλλ’ ὅτι καὶ ταχεῖαν τὴν μεταβολὴν καὶ μεγάλην τὴν ἐπίδοσιν αὐτῶν παρεσκεύασε γενέσθαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 23)
  • λουσαμένῳ δὲ ἔνεστί σοι μὴ τὴν διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν οἴκων αὖθισ ἐπανιέναι, ἀλλὰ ταχεῖαν τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ ψυχρὸν δι’ ἠρέμα θερμοῦ οἰκήματοσ, καὶ ταῦτα πάντα ὑπὸ φωτὶ μεγάλῳ καὶ πολλῇ τῇ ἔνδον ἡμέρᾳ. (Lucian, (no name) 7:1)
  • τί δ’ ἄν σοι τὸ ἐπὶ τούτῳ λέγοιμι παλαίστρασ καὶ τὰσ κοινὰσ τῶν ἱματιοφυλακούντων κατασκευὰσ ταχεῖαν ^ ἐπὶ τὸ λουτρὸν καὶ μὴ διὰ μακροῦ τὴν ὁδὸν ἐχούσασ τοῦ χρησίμου τε καὶ ἀβλαβοῦσ ἕνεκα; (Lucian, (no name) 8:1)
  • ἐν Ποσειδᾶνοσ περικλειτοῖσ ἀέθλοισ εὐθὺσ ἔνδειξ]ασ Ἕλλασιν ποδῶν ὁρμὰν ταχεῖαν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 10 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. swift

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