Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἄνδρεσ, οὐχὶ ἰσχυραὶ αἱ γυναῖκεσ̣ μεγάλη ἡ γῆ καὶ ὑψηλὸσ ὁ οὐρανὸσ καὶ ταχὺσ τῷ δρόμῳ ὁ ἥλιοσ, ὅτι στρέφεται ἐν τῷ κύκλῳ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ πάλιν ἀποτρέχει εἰσ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ τόπον ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:34)
  • αὐτὸσ Ἔσδρασ ἀνέβη ἐκ Βαβυλῶνοσ, καὶ αὐτὸσ γραμματεὺσ ταχὺσ ἐν νόμῳ Μωυσῇ, ὃν ἔδωκε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ Ἰσραήλ. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεύσ, ὅτι χεὶρ Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν ἐν πᾶσιν, οἷσ ἐζήτει αὐτόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 7:6)
  • χείλη ἀληθινὰ κατορθοῖ μαρτυρίαν, μάρτυσ δὲ ταχὺσ γλῶσσαν ἔχει ἄδικον. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 12:21)
  • μὴ γίνου ταχὺσ ἐν γλώσσῃ σου καὶ νωθρὸσ καὶ παρειμένοσ ἐν τοῖσ ἔργοισ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 4:29)
  • γίνου ταχὺσ ἐν ἀκροάσει σου καὶ ἐν μακροθυμίᾳ φθέγγου ἀπόκρισιν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 5:11)

Synonyms

  1. swift

Related

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION