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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

  • ὁ μὲν τάχιστοσ τῶν λόγων εἰπεῖν τε καὶ μαθεῖν, τέθνηκε θεῖον Ιὀκάστησ κάρα. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode6)
  • ὡρ́η κάλλιστον, χ’ ὡρ́η ἐλαφρότατον ὡρ́ην οὐδ’ ὁ τάχιστοσ ἐν αἰθέρι παρφθάσει ὄρνισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 322)
  • οὐ τὼ σιώ, οὐδ’ εἰ μέλλοιμί γε αὐτίκα μάλα κάλλιστόσ τε καὶ ἰσχυρότατοσ καὶ τάχιστοσ ἀνθρώπων ἔσεσθαι· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 6:3)
  • ἀποθνῃσκόντων δὲ τῶν συστρατήγων ὅτι ἐστράτευσαν ἐπὶ βασιλέα ξὺν Κύρῳ, ταὐτὰ πεποιηκὼσ οὐκ ἀπέθανε, μετὰ δὲ τὸν τῶν ἄλλων θάνατον στρατηγῶν τιμωρηθεὶσ ὑπὸ βασιλέωσ ἀπέθανεν, οὐχ ὥσπερ Κλέαρχοσ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι στρατηγοὶ ἀποτμηθέντεσ τὰσ κεφαλάσ, ὅσπερ τάχιστοσ θάνατοσ δοκεῖ εἶναι, ἀλλὰ ζῶν αἰκισθεὶσ ἐνιαυτὸν ὡσ πονηρὸσ λέγεται τῆσ τελευτῆσ τυχεῖν. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 6 32:1)
  • καίτοι τούτῳ μάλιστα προεῖχεν ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺσ ὅτι ἐδόκει τάχιστοσ εἶναι· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 119:2)

Synonyms

  1. swift

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