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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

  • 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

  1. swift

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