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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

  • ἐὰν ἴδῃσ ἄνδρα ταχὺν ἐν λόγοισ, γίνωσκε ὅτι ἐλπίδα ἔχει μᾶλλον ὁ ἄφρων αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 29:20)
  • ἀλλ’ ᾧπερ ἥκεισ μορσίμουσ φέρων σφαγάσ, τάχυν’· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:27)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δόλον αἰπὺν ἀμήχανον ἐξετέλεσσεν, εἰσ Ἐπιμηθέα πέμπε πατὴρ κλυτὸν Ἀργεϊφόντην δῶρον ἄγοντα, θεῶν ταχὺν ἄγγελον· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 13:1)
  • ὡσ θέλοντα μέν μ’ ἔχεισ σοὶ ξυμπονῆσαι καὶ ταχὺν προσαρκέσαι, βραδὺν δ’, Ἀχαιοῖσ εἰ διαβληθήσομαι. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, iambics 5:19)
  • ταχὺν πόδα κυκλοσοβεῖτε, καὶ τὸ Φρυνίχειον ἐκλακτισάτω τισ, ὅπωσ ἰδόντεσ ἄνω σκέλοσ ὤζωσιν οἱ θεαταί. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Exodus, antistrophe1)

Synonyms

  1. swift

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