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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

  • καὶ ἀνέβη Ἀβιμέλεχ εἰσ ὄροσ Ἑρμὼν καὶ πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ ὁ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἀβιμέλεχ τὰσ ἀξίνασ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔκοψε κλάδον ξύλου καὶ ᾖρε καὶ ἔθηκεν ἐπὶ ὤμων αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπε τῷ λαῷ τῷ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ. ὃ εἴδετέ με ποιοῦντα, ταχέωσ ποιήσατε ὡσ ἐγώ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 9:48)
  • καὶ εἶδεν αὐτοὺσ παιδάριον καὶ ἀνήγγειλε τῷ Ἀβεσσαλώμ, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ δύο ταχέωσ καὶ εἰσῆλθαν εἰσ οἰκίαν ἀνδρὸσ ἐν Βαουρίμ, καὶ αὐτῷ λάκκοσ ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ, καὶ κατέβησαν ἐκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 17:18)
  • ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ τὸ ἀπελθεῖν αὐτοὺσ καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ βασιλεῖ Δαυὶδ καὶ εἶπαν πρὸσ Δαυίδ. ἀνάστητε καὶ διάβητε ταχέωσ τὸ ὕδωρ, ὅτι οὕτωσ ἐβουλεύσατο περὶ ὑμῶν Ἀχιτόφελ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 17:21)
  • καὶ προσέθετο ὁ βασιλεὺσ καὶ ἀπέστειλε πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἄλλον πεντηκόνταρχον καὶ τοὺσ πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνέβη καὶ ἐλάλησεν ὁ πεντηκόνταρχοσ πρὸσ αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν. ἄνθρωπε τοῦ Θεοῦ, τάδε λέγει ὁ βασιλεύσ. ταχέωσ κατάβηθι. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 1:11)
  • καθὼσ ἐπηγγείλατο διὰ τοῦ νόμου. ἐλπίζομεν γὰρ ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ ὅτι ταχέωσ ἡμᾶσ ἐλεήσει καὶ ἐπισυνάξει ἐκ τῆσ ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν εἰσ τὸν ἅγιον τόπον. ἐξείλετο γὰρ ἡμᾶσ ἐκ μεγάλων κακῶν καὶ τὸν τόπον ἐκαθάρισε. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 2:18)

Synonyms

  1. swift

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