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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

  • εἶπε δὲ Ἰσαὰκ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ. τί τοῦτο, ὃ ταχὺ εὗρεσ, ὦ τέκνον̣ ὁ δὲ εἶπεν. ὃ παρέδωκε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου ἐναντίον μου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:20)
  • παρέβησαν ταχὺ ἐκ τῆσ ὁδοῦ, ἧσ ἐνετείλω αὐτοῖσ. ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖσ μόσχον καὶ προσκεκυνήκασιν αὐτῷ καὶ τεθύκασιν αὐτῷ καὶ εἶπαν. οὗτοι οἱ θεοί σου, Ἰσραήλ, οἵτινεσ ἀνεβίβασάν σε ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 32:8)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρόσ με. ἀνάστηθι, κατάβηθι τὸ τάχοσ ἐντεῦθεν, ὅτι ἠνόμησεν ὁ λαόσ σου, οὓσ ἐξήγαγεσ ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου. παρέβησαν ταχὺ ἐκ τῆσ ὁδοῦ, ἧσ ἐνετείλω αὐτοῖσ. καὶ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖσ χώνευμα. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 9:12)
  • ὅτι ἐξεπόρνευσαν ὀπίσω θεῶν ἑτέρων καὶ προσεκύνησαν αὐτοῖσ. καὶ ἐξέκλιναν ταχὺ ἐκ τῆσ ὁδοῦ, ἧσ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ πατέρεσ αὐτῶν τοῦ εἰσακούειν τῶν λόγων Κυρίου, οὐκ ἐποίησαν οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 2:17)
  • καὶ ἐβόησε ταχὺ πρὸσ τὸ παιδάριον τὸ αἷρον τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. σπάσον τὴν ρομφαίαν μου καὶ θανάτωσόν με, μή ποτε εἴπωσι. γυνὴ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτόν. καὶ ἐξεκέντησεν αὐτὸν τὸ παιδάριον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπέθανε. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 9:54)

Synonyms

  1. swift

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