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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

  • δεῖ γάρ, ἔχοντοσ ἐκείνου ναυτικόν, καὶ ταχειῶν τριήρων ἡμῖν, ὅπωσ ἀσφαλῶσ ἡ δύναμισ πλέῃ. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 26:4)
  • δόξαντοσ δὲ τούτου, πληρωθεισῶν νεῶν ἔκ τε Μεγάρων καὶ παρὰ τῶν ἄλλων συμμάχων πεντεκαίδεκα στρατιωτίδων μᾶλλον ἢ ταχειῶν ᾤχετο. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 1 39:1)

Synonyms

  1. swift

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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