πόλεώς ἐστι θάνατος, ἀνάστατον γενέσθαι → for a city destruction is like death
[Seite 1075] ονος, compar., u. τάχιστος superl. S. ταχύς.
neuter singular of the comparative of ταχύς (as adverb); more swiftly, i.e. (in manner) more rapidly, or (in time) more speedily: out (run), quickly, shortly, sooner.