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ταχύς

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταχύς ταχεῖα ταχύ

Structure: ταχυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

swift, quick, fast, rapid
In a short time: soon

Declension

First/Third declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ταχύς	ταχεῖα	ταχύ
	Genitive	ταχέως	ταχείᾱς	ταχέως
	Dative	ταχεί	ταχείᾱͅ	ταχεί
	Accusative	ταχύν	ταχεῖαν	ταχύ
	Vocative	ταχύ	ταχεῖα	ταχύ
Dual	N/A/V	ταχέε	ταχείᾱ	ταχέε
Dual	G/D	ταχέοιν	ταχείαιν	ταχέοιν
Plural	Nominative	ταχείς	ταχείαι	ταχέα
	Genitive	ταχέων	ταχειῶν	ταχέων
	Dative	ταχέσιν*	ταχείαις	ταχέσιν*
	Accusative	ταχείς	ταχείᾱς	ταχέα
	Vocative	ταχείς	ταχείαι	ταχέα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ταχύς ταχέως	ταχίων ταχίονος	ταχίστος ταχίστου
Adverb	ταχέως	ταχίον	ταχίστα

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 εἶπεν ἀνὴρ τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ. ἐὰν πάντεσ ποιήσωμεν ὡσ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ ἡμῶν ἐποίησαν, καὶ μὴ πολεμήσωμεν πρὸσ τὰ ἔθνη ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν καὶ τῶν δικαιωμάτων ἡμῶν, νῦν τάχιον ἡμᾶσ ἐξολοθρεύσουσιν ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 2:40)
εἰ γὰρ τοσοῦτον ἴσχυσαν εἰδέναι, ἵνα δύνωνται στοχάσασθαι τὸν αἰῶνα, τὸν τούτων δεσπότην πῶσ τάχιον οὐχ εὗρον̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 13:9)
βράδιον δέ τινοσ εἰπόντοσ, Οὐκ ἔστιν, ἔφη, ὅμοιον τῷ τάχιον. (Lucian, 7:9)
αἱ πόλεισ δήπουθεν, ὅταν ἔκδοσιν ναῶν ἢ κολοσσῶν προγράφωσιν, ἀκροῶνται τῶν τεχνιτῶν ἁμιλλωμένων περὶ τῆσ ἐργολαβίασ καὶ λόγουσ καὶ παραδείγματα κομιζόντων εἶθ’ αἱροῦνται τὸν ἀπ’ ἐλάττονοσ δαπάνησ ταὐτὸ ποιοῦντα καὶ βέλτιον ον καὶ τάχιον. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 31)
αἱ πόλεισ δήπουθεν, ὅταν ἔκδοσιν ναῶν ἢ κολοσσῶν προγράφωσιν, ἀκροῶνται τῶν τεχνιτῶν ἁμιλλωμένων περὶ τῆσ ἐργολαβίασ καὶ λόγουσ καὶ παραδείγματα κομιζόντων εἶθ’ αἱροῦνται τὸν ἀπ’ ἐλάττονοσ δαπάνησ ταὐτὸ ποιοῦντα καὶ βέλτιον καὶ τάχιον. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 31)

Synonyms

swift
- ὠκύς (fast, swift, quick)
- ποδώκης (swift, quick)
- ταχυτής (quickness, swiftness)
- ὀξύς (quick, hasty, swift)

ἐρεύθω (to make red)
ἀσθμαίνω (to breathe hard)
πέλεκυς (an axe)
βλοσυρός (grim)
λαιψηρός (light)
πέλωρ (a portent)
κάνθων (a pack-ass)
κανθός (corner of the eye)
ἄιδρις (unknowing)
φάσγανον (a sword)
οὐρίαχος (the hindmost part)
ἐρέιδω (to make)
ποθέω (to long for)
ὁρόω ()
βραδύπους (slow of foot)
βραδύς (slow)
ὑπείκω (to retire)
ἀφραδέω (to be senseless)
παπταίνω (to look earnestly)
κλονέω (to drive in confusion)
ψαύω (to touch)
ὁρμαίνω (to turn over or revolve anxiously in the mind)
δαφοινός (blood-red)
ἀλκί (might)
ὠκέως ()
λάξ (with the foot)
ταλαύρινος (with shield of tough bull's-hide)
λακτίζω (to kick with the heel or foot)
ὁμοίϊος ()
ἡβός ()

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swift

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