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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

  • δ Περὶ σημείων, ἀφ̓ ὧν δεῖ τὰσ ταχείασ τεκμαίρεσθαι κύνασ καὶ τὸ ἐναντίον. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter pr6)
  • οὐ τοῦτό φησιν, ἀλλὰ ναῦσ ἑκάστοτε αἰτεῖ ταχείασ ἀργυρολόγουσ οὑτοσί· (Aristotle, Episode 2:10)
  • αἰσθομένων δὲ τῶν συμμάχων καὶ βοηθείασ ταχείασ πρὸσ τὴν πόλιν γενομένησ, ὕπειξε μὲν ὡσ αὖθισ ἐπὶ λεηλασίαν καὶ φθορὰν τῆσ χώρασ τρεψόμενοσ· (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 2 3:2)
  • "τοῖσ βαρβάροισι αὐτίκα μετὰ ταῦτα πλοίῳ ἦλθε ἀνὴρ Ἑστιαιεύσ, ἀγγέλλων τὸν δρησμὸν τὸν ἀπ’ Ἀρτεμισίου τῶν Ἑλλήνων οἱ δὲ ὑπὸ ἀπιστίησ τὸν μὲν ἀγγέλλοντα εἶχον ἐν φυλακῇ, νέασ δὲ ταχείασ ἀπέστειλαν προκατοψομένασ. (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 34 10:3)
  • τοῦτον, ὡσ λέγεται, πενταετῆ καταλιπὼν ὁ Νομᾶσ ἐτελεύτησεν, οὐ ταχείασ οὐδ’ αἰφνιδίου γενομένησ αὐτῷ τῆσ τελευτῆσ, ἀλλὰ κατὰ μικρὸν ὑπὸ γήρωσ καὶ νόσου μαλακῆσ ἀπομαραινόμενοσ, ὡσ ἱστόρηκε Πείσων. (Plutarch, Numa, chapter 21 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. swift

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