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|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῠ], εῖα, ύ</b>: <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of motion, <b class="b2">swift, fleet</b>, opp. <b class="b3">βραδύς</b>, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> of persons and animals, either abs., <span class="bibl">Il.18.69</span>, etc.; or more fully, πόδας ταχύς <span class="bibl">13.249</span>,<span class="bibl">482</span>, <span class="bibl">17.709</span>, etc.; ταχὺς ἔσκε θέειν <span class="bibl">Od.17.308</span>; <b class="b3">θείειν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.16.186</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.112</span>; <b class="b3">κύνες, ἔλαφος, πτώξ, ἵππος</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.3.26</span>, <span class="bibl">8.248</span>, <span class="bibl">17.676</span>, <span class="bibl">23.347</span>, etc.; οἰωνόν, ταχὺν ἄγγελον <span class="bibl">24.292</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.15.526</span>; <b class="b3">τ. βαδιστής</b> a <b class="b2">quick</b> walker, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1182</span>; <b class="b3">σφοδροὶ καὶ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.1.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of things, τ. πόδες <span class="bibl">Il.6.514</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.13.261</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τ. ἰός, ὀϊστοί</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.94</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.22.3</span>, etc.; πτερά <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1453</span>; -ύτατα ἅρματα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.77</span>; <b class="b3">νῆες, τριήρεις</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.43</span>, etc.; [ἴχνος] τὸ τοῦ ποδὸς μὲν βραδύ, τὸ τοῦ δὲ νοῦ ταχύ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>742</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of thought and purpose, <b class="b2">quick, hasty</b>, φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>617</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">βλάπτειν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1428</span>; τ. βουλεῦσαί τι ἀνήκεστον <span class="bibl">Th.1.132</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">118</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span>12</span>; also τ. πρὸς ὀργήν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Mi.</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ταχύ</b> <b class="b2">speed, haste</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>452</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>7.18</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of actions, events, etc., <b class="b2">rapid, sudden</b>, πήδημα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>833</span>; <b class="b3">ᾅδης, μόρος</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1047</span>, <span class="bibl">Mosch.3.26</span>; πόλεμος <span class="bibl">Th.4.55</span>, <span class="bibl">6.45</span>; φυγή <span class="bibl">Id.4.44</span>; μεταβολή <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>553d</span>; <b class="b2">short</b>, <b class="b3">τ. ἐλπίδες</b> <b class="b2">fleeting</b> hopes, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.83</span>; ἐπαυρέσεις <span class="bibl">Th.2.53</span>; ἀτραπός <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ra.</span>127</span>; ταχεῖ σὺν χρόνῳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1602</span>; <b class="b3">τ. διήγησις</b> <b class="b2">short, rapid</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1416b30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> Adv., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> regul. <b class="b3">τᾰχέως</b>, <b class="b2">quickly</b>, opp. <b class="b3">βραδέως</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.23.365</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>103</span>, etc.:—rarely in sense <b class="b2">perhaps</b> (cf. τάχα <span class="bibl">11</span>), <span class="bibl">Plb.16.25.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> the Adv. is also expressed by periphr., <b class="b3">διὰ ταχέων</b> <b class="b2">in haste</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.80</span>, <span class="bibl">3.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>32d</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.5.9</span>; ἐκ ταχείας <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>395</span>; cf. τάχος <span class="bibl">11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> neut. <b class="b3">ταχύ</b> as Adv., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>10.51</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>1.51</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>349</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>885</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>109</span>, Gal.16.665, etc.; <b class="b3">ἤδη ἤδη τ. τ</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span> 4321.21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>956.3</span> (both iii A.D.); <b class="b3">ἄρτι ἄρτι τ. τ</b>. <span class="title">Arch.Pap.</span>5.393 (ii A.D.); also <b class="b3">τάχα</b> (q.v.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> the Adj. <b class="b3">ταχύς</b> is freq. construed with Verbs, where we should use the Adv., ταχέες δ' ἱππῆες ἄγερθεν <span class="bibl">Il.23.287</span>; ταχεῖά γ' ἦλθε χρησμῶν πρᾶξις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>739</span>; ὁρμάσθω ταχύς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>526</span>; <b class="b3">δεῦρ' ἀφίξεται τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>307</span>; τ. χάρις διαρρεῖ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 1266</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.75</span>, <span class="bibl">5.66</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">C</span> Degrees of Comparison: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> Comp.: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> the form τᾰχύτερος, α, ον, is used by Hdt., ἐποίησα ταχύτερα ἢ σοφώτερα <span class="bibl">3.65</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.194</span>; also in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>394b3</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Ind.</span>9.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.16</span>, but not in good Att.; <b class="b3">ταχύτερον</b> as Adv., <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.127</span>, <span class="bibl">9.101</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Prog.</span>17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> the more usual form is θάσσων, neut. <b class="b3">θᾶσσον</b>, gen. ονος, Att. θάττων, neut. <b class="b3">θᾶττον</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.15.570</span>, <span class="bibl">13.819</span> (elsewh. only neut. in Hom.), etc.:—neut. as Adv., freq. in Hom., <span class="bibl">Od.2.307</span>, al.; <b class="b3">θᾶσσον ἂν . . κλύοιμι</b> <b class="b2">sooner</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">rather</b>, would I hear, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 631</span>; <b class="b3">θᾶσσον</b> also often stands for the Positive, <span class="bibl">Il.2.440</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.15.201</span>, <span class="bibl">16.130</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.181</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>506</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>187</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>94</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ θᾶσσον οἴσεις</b>; i.e. make haste and bring, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1183</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>430</span>; <b class="b3">θᾶττον νοήματος</b> <b class="b2">quicker</b> than thought, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.3.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>824</span>, etc.; with a Conj., <b class="b3">ὅτι θᾶσσον</b>, like [[ὅτι τάχιστα]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.24.48</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπειδὴ θᾶττον συνεσκότασεν</b> <b class="b2">as soon as . .</b>, <span class="bibl">D.54.5</span>; ἐπειδὰν θ. συνιῇ τις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>325c</span>; ὅταν θ. φθέγγηται ὁ κόκκυξ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>563b17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">611a5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐὰν</b> or <b class="b3">ἢν θ</b>. <b class="b2">as soon as . .</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.20</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>6.5.20</span>, Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.105a; <b class="b3">ἂν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Men. <span class="title">Pk.</span>174</span>; <b class="b3">εἰ θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>324b</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plb.1.66.1</span>, <span class="bibl">3.82.1</span>; θ. rarely = <b class="b2">sooner than, before</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξήλαυνον μεσημβρίας οὐ πολλῷ τινι θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Aristid. <span class="title">Or.</span>51</span> (<span class="bibl">27</span>).<span class="bibl">13</span> (cf. [[τάχιον]] infr. <span class="bibl">3</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> the form ταχίων [ῑ], neut. ιον, is freq. in late Prose, as <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Wi.</span>13.9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ma.</span>2.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>69.14</span>, <span class="bibl">17</span>, <span class="bibl">73.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Gem.1.20</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.6.42</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.20.6</span>, J. (v. infr.), Plu.2.240d, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span> 20.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.4</span>; also in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.402.16</span>; but condemned by Phryn.58, <span class="bibl">Hdn.<span class="title">Philet.</span>p.436</span> P.; <b class="b3">τὴν ταχίονα τῆς τροφῆς παράθεσιν</b> <b class="b2">earlier, sooner</b>, Gal.19.206:—Adv. <b class="b3">τάχιον</b> <b class="b2">earlier</b>, <b class="b3">πλέεται . . περὶ τὸν Σεπτέμβριον μῆνα... οὐδὲν δὲ κωλύει κἂν τ</b>. <span class="title">Peripl.M.Rubr.</span> 24; <b class="b3">τ. τῆς ὑποσχέσεως</b> <b class="b2">sooner</b> than they had promised, <span class="title">Rev.Ét.Gr.</span> 6.159 (Iasus); τ. τοῦ παραγγέλματος <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>4.4.2</span>; εἰς μακρὸν αὐτῶν γῆρας καὶ βίου μῆκος ὅμοιον τοῖς τ. ἐπερχομένων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">AJ</span>1.3.7</span>; ἀποπαύεται οὔτε τ. ἐτῶν τεσσαράκοντα οὔτε βράδιον ἐτῶν πεντήκοντα <span class="bibl">Sor. 1.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">48</span>, al.; <b class="b2">formerly</b>, ἐπεσκεύασαν τὸ παρόχιον, . . τ. γενόμενον γυμνάσιον <span class="title">IGRom.</span>3.639 (Lycia, ii A.D.), cf. 4.1517 (Sardis), 1632.14 (Philadelphia), 1665.5 (Tira), Keil-Premerstein <b class="b2">Dritter Bericht</b> p.79 (iii A.D.), <span class="title">Hermes</span> 63.229 (Callatis); cf. supr. 2 fin. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Sup.: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> the form ταχύτατος is rare, ταχύτατα ἅρματα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.77</span>; <b class="b3">ταχύτατα</b> as Adv., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.27</span> codd., <span class="bibl">Antiph.87</span> codd.; but both passages have been corrected. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> the usual form is τάχιστος, η, ον, used by Hom. only in neut. pl. <b class="b3">τάχιστα</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">most quickly, most speedily</b>, <b class="b3">ὅττι τάχιστα</b> <b class="b2">as soon as may be, as soon as possible</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.193</span>, <span class="bibl">9.659</span>, al.; ὅτι τάχιστα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1341</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.3.31</span>, etc.; so <b class="b3">ὅσον τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>772</span>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>1436</span>, etc.; ᾳ (prob.) τ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.79</span>; <b class="b3">ὅπως τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>605</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1410</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>167</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς τ</b>. <span class="title">IG</span>12.76.23, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.210</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.15</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>147</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.3.14</span>: these are ellipt. phrases, as may be seen from the foll. examples, ὡς δυνατόν ἐστι τάχιστα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>710b</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 5.4.3</span>; <b class="b3">ᾗ δυνατὸν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>6.3.6</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς</b> or <b class="b3">ᾗ ἠδύνατο τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.2.14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>1.2.4</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς δύναιτο τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.79</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς</b> or <b class="b3">ᾗ ἂν δύνωμαι τ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.1.38</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.1.9</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.106.18. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">τάχιστα</b> after Particles of Time, <b class="b2">as soon as</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπεὶ</b> (Ion. <b class="b3">ἐπεί τε</b>) τάχιστα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>201</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.27</span>,<span class="bibl">75</span>, <span class="bibl">7.163</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.2.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>34.12</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἐπειδὴ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>310d</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.9.3</span>, <span class="bibl">D.27.16</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπεὰν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.134</span>, <span class="bibl">7.129</span>, <span class="bibl">8.144</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὰν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.6.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπειδὰν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>3.1.9</span>; <b class="b3">ὅταν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.33</span>: also <b class="b3">ὡς τ</b>. separated by one or more words, ὡς ἡμέρη τ. ἐγεγόνεε <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19</span>, <span class="bibl">47</span>,<span class="bibl">65</span>, al., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.16</span>, al.; ὡς δὲ τ. ἐξῆλθε . . κόρον ἔτεκε <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.4 (Epid., iv B.C.); ὡς γὰρ τ. εἰσῆλθον <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span>287</span>; ὡς ἂν τ. λάβῃς τὴν ἐπιστολήν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>241.1</span> (iii B.C.); but <b class="b3">ὡς τ. γὰρ ἀπεδήμησας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">472.7</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ὅπως τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>230</span>:—the same notion is sometimes expressed by the part., <b class="b3">ἀπαλλαγεὶς τάχιστα</b>, = [[ὡς ἀπηλλάγη τ]]., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dem.</span>8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> freq. also in Prose, <b class="b3">τὴν ταχίστην</b> (in full, τὴν τ. ὁδόν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.2.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span>4</span>) as Adv., <b class="b2">by the quickest way</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">most quickly</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.24</span>,<span class="bibl">73</span>,<span class="bibl">81</span>,<span class="bibl">86</span>, <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Eux.</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl">Men. <span class="title">Pk.</span>75</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.33.4</span>, etc. (Cf. Lith. (dial.) <b class="b2">deñgti</b>, Lett. <b class="b2">diêgt</b>, both = 'run quickly', Polish <b class="b2">dążyć</b> 'hurry'.)</span>
|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῠ], εῖα, ύ</b>: <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of motion, <b class="b2">swift, fleet</b>, opp. <b class="b3">βραδύς</b>, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> of persons and animals, either abs., <span class="bibl">Il.18.69</span>, etc.; or more fully, πόδας ταχύς <span class="bibl">13.249</span>,<span class="bibl">482</span>, <span class="bibl">17.709</span>, etc.; ταχὺς ἔσκε θέειν <span class="bibl">Od.17.308</span>; <b class="b3">θείειν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.16.186</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.112</span>; <b class="b3">κύνες, ἔλαφος, πτώξ, ἵππος</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.3.26</span>, <span class="bibl">8.248</span>, <span class="bibl">17.676</span>, <span class="bibl">23.347</span>, etc.; οἰωνόν, ταχὺν ἄγγελον <span class="bibl">24.292</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.15.526</span>; <b class="b3">τ. βαδιστής</b> a <b class="b2">quick</b> walker, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1182</span>; <b class="b3">σφοδροὶ καὶ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.1.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of things, τ. πόδες <span class="bibl">Il.6.514</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.13.261</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τ. ἰός, ὀϊστοί</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.94</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.22.3</span>, etc.; πτερά <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1453</span>; -ύτατα ἅρματα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.77</span>; <b class="b3">νῆες, τριήρεις</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.43</span>, etc.; [ἴχνος] τὸ τοῦ ποδὸς μὲν βραδύ, τὸ τοῦ δὲ νοῦ ταχύ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>742</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of thought and purpose, <b class="b2">quick, hasty</b>, φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>617</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">βλάπτειν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1428</span>; τ. βουλεῦσαί τι ἀνήκεστον <span class="bibl">Th.1.132</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">118</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span>12</span>; also τ. πρὸς ὀργήν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Mi.</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ταχύ</b> <b class="b2">speed, haste</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>452</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>7.18</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of actions, events, etc., <b class="b2">rapid, sudden</b>, πήδημα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>833</span>; <b class="b3">ᾅδης, μόρος</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1047</span>, <span class="bibl">Mosch.3.26</span>; πόλεμος <span class="bibl">Th.4.55</span>, <span class="bibl">6.45</span>; φυγή <span class="bibl">Id.4.44</span>; μεταβολή <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>553d</span>; <b class="b2">short</b>, <b class="b3">τ. ἐλπίδες</b> <b class="b2">fleeting</b> hopes, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.83</span>; ἐπαυρέσεις <span class="bibl">Th.2.53</span>; ἀτραπός <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ra.</span>127</span>; ταχεῖ σὺν χρόνῳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1602</span>; <b class="b3">τ. διήγησις</b> <b class="b2">short, rapid</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1416b30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> Adv., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> regul. <b class="b3">τᾰχέως</b>, <b class="b2">quickly</b>, opp. <b class="b3">βραδέως</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.23.365</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>103</span>, etc.:—rarely in sense <b class="b2">perhaps</b> (cf. τάχα <span class="bibl">11</span>), <span class="bibl">Plb.16.25.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> the Adv. is also expressed by periphr., <b class="b3">διὰ ταχέων</b> <b class="b2">in haste</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.80</span>, <span class="bibl">3.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>32d</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.5.9</span>; ἐκ ταχείας <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>395</span>; cf. τάχος <span class="bibl">11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> neut. <b class="b3">ταχύ</b> as Adv., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>10.51</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>1.51</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>349</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>885</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>109</span>, Gal.16.665, etc.; <b class="b3">ἤδη ἤδη τ. τ</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span> 4321.21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>956.3</span> (both iii A.D.); <b class="b3">ἄρτι ἄρτι τ. τ</b>. <span class="title">Arch.Pap.</span>5.393 (ii A.D.); also <b class="b3">τάχα</b> (q.v.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> the Adj. <b class="b3">ταχύς</b> is freq. construed with Verbs, where we should use the Adv., ταχέες δ' ἱππῆες ἄγερθεν <span class="bibl">Il.23.287</span>; ταχεῖά γ' ἦλθε χρησμῶν πρᾶξις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>739</span>; ὁρμάσθω ταχύς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>526</span>; <b class="b3">δεῦρ' ἀφίξεται τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>307</span>; τ. χάρις διαρρεῖ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 1266</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.75</span>, <span class="bibl">5.66</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">C</span> Degrees of Comparison: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> Comp.: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> the form τᾰχύτερος, α, ον, is used by Hdt., ἐποίησα ταχύτερα ἢ σοφώτερα <span class="bibl">3.65</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.194</span>; also in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>394b3</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Ind.</span>9.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.16</span>, but not in good Att.; <b class="b3">ταχύτερον</b> as Adv., <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.127</span>, <span class="bibl">9.101</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Prog.</span>17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> the more usual form is θάσσων, neut. <b class="b3">θᾶσσον</b>, gen. ονος, Att. θάττων, neut. <b class="b3">θᾶττον</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.15.570</span>, <span class="bibl">13.819</span> (elsewh. only neut. in Hom.), etc.:—neut. as Adv., freq. in Hom., <span class="bibl">Od.2.307</span>, al.; <b class="b3">θᾶσσον ἂν . . κλύοιμι</b> <b class="b2">sooner</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">rather</b>, would I hear, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 631</span>; <b class="b3">θᾶσσον</b> also often stands for the Positive, <span class="bibl">Il.2.440</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.15.201</span>, <span class="bibl">16.130</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.181</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>506</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>187</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>94</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ θᾶσσον οἴσεις</b>; i.e. make haste and bring, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1183</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>430</span>; <b class="b3">θᾶττον νοήματος</b> <b class="b2">quicker</b> than thought, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.3.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>824</span>, etc.; with a Conj., <b class="b3">ὅτι θᾶσσον</b>, like [[ὅτι τάχιστα]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.24.48</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπειδὴ θᾶττον συνεσκότασεν</b> <b class="b2">as soon as . .</b>, <span class="bibl">D.54.5</span>; ἐπειδὰν θ. συνιῇ τις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>325c</span>; ὅταν θ. φθέγγηται ὁ κόκκυξ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>563b17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">611a5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐὰν</b> or <b class="b3">ἢν θ</b>. <b class="b2">as soon as . .</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.20</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>6.5.20</span>, Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.105a; <b class="b3">ἂν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Men. <span class="title">Pk.</span>174</span>; <b class="b3">εἰ θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>324b</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plb.1.66.1</span>, <span class="bibl">3.82.1</span>; θ. rarely = <b class="b2">sooner than, before</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξήλαυνον μεσημβρίας οὐ πολλῷ τινι θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Aristid. <span class="title">Or.</span>51</span> (<span class="bibl">27</span>).<span class="bibl">13</span> (cf. [[τάχιον]] infr. <span class="bibl">3</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> the form ταχίων [ῑ], neut. ιον, is freq. in late Prose, as <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Wi.</span>13.9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ma.</span>2.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>69.14</span>, <span class="bibl">17</span>, <span class="bibl">73.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Gem.1.20</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.6.42</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.20.6</span>, J. (v. infr.), Plu.2.240d, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span> 20.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.4</span>; also in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.402.16</span>; but condemned by Phryn.58, <span class="bibl">Hdn.<span class="title">Philet.</span>p.436</span> P.; <b class="b3">τὴν ταχίονα τῆς τροφῆς παράθεσιν</b> <b class="b2">earlier, sooner</b>, Gal.19.206:—Adv. <b class="b3">τάχιον</b> <b class="b2">earlier</b>, <b class="b3">πλέεται . . περὶ τὸν Σεπτέμβριον μῆνα... οὐδὲν δὲ κωλύει κἂν τ</b>. <span class="title">Peripl.M.Rubr.</span> 24; <b class="b3">τ. τῆς ὑποσχέσεως</b> <b class="b2">sooner</b> than they had promised, <span class="title">Rev.Ét.Gr.</span> 6.159 (Iasus); τ. τοῦ παραγγέλματος <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>4.4.2</span>; εἰς μακρὸν αὐτῶν γῆρας καὶ βίου μῆκος ὅμοιον τοῖς τ. ἐπερχομένων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">AJ</span>1.3.7</span>; ἀποπαύεται οὔτε τ. ἐτῶν τεσσαράκοντα οὔτε βράδιον ἐτῶν πεντήκοντα <span class="bibl">Sor. 1.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">48</span>, al.; <b class="b2">formerly</b>, ἐπεσκεύασαν τὸ παρόχιον, . . τ. γενόμενον γυμνάσιον <span class="title">IGRom.</span>3.639 (Lycia, ii A.D.), cf. 4.1517 (Sardis), 1632.14 (Philadelphia), 1665.5 (Tira), Keil-Premerstein <b class="b2">Dritter Bericht</b> p.79 (iii A.D.), <span class="title">Hermes</span> 63.229 (Callatis); cf. supr. 2 fin. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Sup.: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> the form ταχύτατος is rare, ταχύτατα ἅρματα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.77</span>; <b class="b3">ταχύτατα</b> as Adv., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.27</span> codd., <span class="bibl">Antiph.87</span> codd.; but both passages have been corrected. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> the usual form is τάχιστος, η, ον, used by Hom. only in neut. pl. <b class="b3">τάχιστα</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">most quickly, most speedily</b>, <b class="b3">ὅττι τάχιστα</b> <b class="b2">as soon as may be, as soon as possible</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.193</span>, <span class="bibl">9.659</span>, al.; ὅτι τάχιστα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1341</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.3.31</span>, etc.; so <b class="b3">ὅσον τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>772</span>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>1436</span>, etc.; ᾳ (prob.) τ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.79</span>; <b class="b3">ὅπως τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>605</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1410</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>167</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς τ</b>. <span class="title">IG</span>12.76.23, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.210</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.15</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>147</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.3.14</span>: these are ellipt. phrases, as may be seen from the foll. examples, ὡς δυνατόν ἐστι τάχιστα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>710b</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 5.4.3</span>; <b class="b3">ᾗ δυνατὸν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>6.3.6</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς</b> or <b class="b3">ᾗ ἠδύνατο τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.2.14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>1.2.4</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς δύναιτο τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.79</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς</b> or <b class="b3">ᾗ ἂν δύνωμαι τ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.1.38</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.1.9</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.106.18. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">τάχιστα</b> after Particles of Time, <b class="b2">as soon as</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπεὶ</b> (Ion. <b class="b3">ἐπεί τε</b>) τάχιστα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>201</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.27</span>,<span class="bibl">75</span>, <span class="bibl">7.163</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.2.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>34.12</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἐπειδὴ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>310d</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.9.3</span>, <span class="bibl">D.27.16</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπεὰν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.134</span>, <span class="bibl">7.129</span>, <span class="bibl">8.144</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὰν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.6.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπειδὰν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>3.1.9</span>; <b class="b3">ὅταν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.33</span>: also <b class="b3">ὡς τ</b>. separated by one or more words, ὡς ἡμέρη τ. ἐγεγόνεε <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19</span>, <span class="bibl">47</span>,<span class="bibl">65</span>, al., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.16</span>, al.; ὡς δὲ τ. ἐξῆλθε . . κόρον ἔτεκε <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.4 (Epid., iv B.C.); ὡς γὰρ τ. εἰσῆλθον <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span>287</span>; ὡς ἂν τ. λάβῃς τὴν ἐπιστολήν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>241.1</span> (iii B.C.); but <b class="b3">ὡς τ. γὰρ ἀπεδήμησας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">472.7</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ὅπως τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>230</span>:—the same notion is sometimes expressed by the part., <b class="b3">ἀπαλλαγεὶς τάχιστα</b>, = [[ὡς ἀπηλλάγη τ]]., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dem.</span>8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> freq. also in Prose, <b class="b3">τὴν ταχίστην</b> (in full, τὴν τ. ὁδόν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.2.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span>4</span>) as Adv., <b class="b2">by the quickest way</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">most quickly</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.24</span>,<span class="bibl">73</span>,<span class="bibl">81</span>,<span class="bibl">86</span>, <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Eux.</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl">Men. <span class="title">Pk.</span>75</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.33.4</span>, etc. (Cf. Lith. (dial.) <b class="b2">deñgti</b>, Lett. <b class="b2">diêgt</b>, both = 'run quickly', Polish <b class="b2">dążyć</b> 'hurry'.)</span>
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|lstext='''τᾰχύς''': [ῠ], εῖα, ύ· (ἴδε ἐν τέλ.)· ― ὡς τὸ ὠκύς· Ι. ἐπὶ κινήσεως, [[ταχύς]], σπεύδων, [[ὁρμητικός]], ἀντίθετον τῷ [[βραδύς]], Ὅμ., κλπ. 1) ἐπὶ προσώπων ἢ ἀπολ., Ἰλ. Σ. 69, κτλ.· ἢ πληρέστερον ταχὺς πόδας, [[ταχύπους]], Ν. 249. 482., Ρ. 709, κτλ.· ταχὺς [[ἔσκε]] θέειν Ὀδ. Ρ. 308· θείειν τ. Ἰλ. Π. 180, Ὀδ. Γ. 112· [[οὕτως]] ἐπὶ ζῴων, κύνες, [[ἔλαφος]], [[πτώξ]], [[ἵππος]] Ἰλ. Γ. 26., Θ. 248, κτλ.· οἰωνόν, ταχὺν ἄγγελον Ω. 292, πρβλ. Ὀδ. Ο. 526· ― οὕτω καὶ παρ’ Ἀττ., τ. [[βαδιστής]], ὁ [[ταχέως]] βαδίζων, Εὐρ. Μήδ. 1182· τ. [[ὑπηρέτης]], [[ταχύς]], [[εὐκίνητος]], Ξεν. Κύρ. 2. 1, 31. 2) ἐπὶ πραγμάτων, τ. πόδες Ἰλ. Ζ. 514, Ὀδ. Ν. 261, κτλ.· τ. ἰός, ὀϊστὸς Ἰλ. Δ. 94, Ὀδ. Χ. 3, κτλ.· πτερὰ Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 1453· ἅρμα Πινδ. Ο. 1. 125· [[νῆες]], τριήρεις Ἡρόδ. 8. 13, Θουκ., κτλ.· [[[ἴχνος]]] τὸ τοῦ ποδὸς μὲν βραδύ, τὸ τοῦ δὲ νοῦ ταχὺ Εὐρ. Ἴων 742. ΙΙ. ἐπὶ τοῦ φρονεῖν, σκέπτεσθαι ἢ ποιεῖν τι, φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 617· μετ’ ἀπαρ., βλάπτειν τ. Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 1428· τ. βουλεῦσαί τι ἀνήκεστον Θουκ. 1. 132, πρβλ. 118, Λουκ. Δημοσθ. Ἐγκώμ. 12, [[ὡσαύτως]], τ. πρὸς ὀργήν Πλουτ. Κάτων Νεώτ. 1· τὸ ταχύ, ἡ ταχύτης, ἡ [[σπουδή]], Εὐριπ. Φοίν. 452, Ξεν. Ἱππ. 7. 18, κλπ. 2) [[οὕτως]] ἐπὶ ἐνεργειῶν, γεγονότων, κλπ., [[ταχύς]], [[αἰφνίδιος]], [[πήδημα]] Σοφ. Αἴ. 833· ᾄδης, [[μόρος]] Εὐρ. Ἱππ. 1047, Μόσχ. 3. 26· [[πόλεμος]] Θουκ. 4. 55., 6. 45· φυγὴ ὁ αὐτ. 4. 44· μεταβολὴ Πλάτ. Πολ. 553D· ― [[βραχύς]], [[σύντομος]], τ. ἐλπίδες, [[ταχέως]] παρερχόμεναι, Πινδ. Π. 1. 161· ἐπαυρέσεις Θουκ. 2. 53· ὁδὸς Ἀριστοφάν. Βάτρ. 127· ταχεῖ ξὺν χρόνῳ Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 1602· τ. [[διήγησις]], βραχεῖα, [[σύντομος]], Ἀριστ. Ρητορ. 3. 16, 4, κλπ. Β. Ἐπίρρ., 1) ἐν τῷ ὁμαλῷ τύπῳ τᾰχέως, «γρήγορα», ἀντίθετον τῷ βραδέως, Ἰλ. Ψ. 365, Ἡσ. Θεογ. 103, καὶ Ἀττ. 2) τὸ ἐπίρρ. [[ὡσαύτως]] ἐκφέρεται περιφραστικῶς, διὰ ταχέων, ἐν σπουδῇ, Θουκ. 1. 80., 3. 13, Πλάτ., κλπ.· ἐκ ταχείας Σοφ. Τρ. 395· πρβλ. [[τάχος]] ΙΙ. 3) οὐδ. ταχὺ ὡς ἐπίρρ., Πινδ. Π. 10. 80, Ν. 1. 78, Σοφ. Φιλ. 349, Εὐρ. Ἡρ. Μαιν. 885, Ἀριστοφ., κτλ.· συχνότερον [[τάχα]] (ὃ ἴδε). 4) δυνάμεθα νὰ προσθέσωμεν ὅτι τὸ ἐπίθ. ταχὺς [[συχνάκις]] συντάσσεται [[μετὰ]] ῥημάτων, [[ὅπου]] ἔπρεπε νὰ τεθῇ τὸ ἐπίρρ., [[οἷον]], ταχέες δ’ ἱππῆες ἔγερθεν Ἰλ. Χ. 287· ταχεῖά γ’ ἦλθε χρησμῶν [[πρᾶξις]] Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 739· ὁρμάσθω ταχὺς Σοφ. Φιλ. 526· δεῦρ’ ἀφίξεται τ. ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ο. Κ. 307· τ. [[χάρις]] διαρρεῖ ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Αἴ. 1266, πρβλ. 1253, Θουκ. 2. 75., 5. 66. Γ. Βαθμὸς παραθέσεως: Ι. Συγκρ.: 1) ὁ ὁμαλὸς [[τύπος]] τᾰχύτερος, α, ον, [[εἶναι]] ἐν χρήσει παρ’ Ἡροδ., ποιέειν ταχύτερα ἢ σοφώτερα 3. 65., 7. 194· καὶ ἐν Ἀριστ. π. Κόσμ. 4, 8, ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ παρὰ τοῖς δοκίμοις Ἀττ., ἴδε Λοβ. εἰς Φρύν. 77. ταχύτερον ὡς ἐπίρρ., Ἡρόδ. 4. 127., 9. 101. 2) ὁ συνηθέστερος [[τύπος]] [[εἶναι]] [[θάσσων]], οὐδ. [[θᾶσσον]], γεν. ονος, νεώτερ. Ἀττ. θάττων, οὐδ. θᾶττον, Ὅμ., κλπ.. ― οὐδ. ὡς ἐπίρρ., Ὅμ., κλπ., [[θᾶσσον]] ἄν... κλύοιμι Σοφ. Φιλ. 631· [[θᾶσσον]], [[ὡσαύτως]], ὡς τὸ Λατιν. ocius, [[συχνάκις]] κεῖται ἀντὶ τοῦ θεττικοῦ, Ἰλ. Β. 440, Ὀδ. Ο. 201., Π. 130, Πίνδ. καὶ Ἀττ.· οὐ [[θᾶσσον]] οἴσεις; δὲν θὰ σπεύσῃς νὰ τὸ φέρῃς; Σοφ. Τρ. 1183, πρβλ. Ο. Τ. 430· θᾶττον νοήματος, ταχύτερον διανοήματος, Ξενοφ. Ἀπομν. 4. 3, 13, πρβλ. Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 824, κλπ.· [[μετὰ]] ἐπιτατικοῦ ἢ [[μετὰ]] συνδέσμων, ὅ τι [[θᾶσσον]], ὡς τὸ ὅ τι τάχιστα, Θεόκρ. 24. 48· [[ἐπειδὴ]] θᾶττον Δημ. 1257, ἐν τέλ.· [[ἐπειδὰν]] θ. Πλάτ. Πρωτ. 325C· ὅτε ἢ [[ὅταν]] θ. Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστορ. 6. 7, 1., 9. 4, 5· ὡς θ. Ξεν. Κύρ. 3. 3, 57· ἐὰν ἢ ἢν θ. [[αὐτόθι]] 3. 3, 20, Ἀνάβ. 6. 3, 20. 3) ὁ [[τύπος]] [[ταχίων]] [ῑ], οὐδ. ιον, [[εἶναι]] συχνὸς παρὰ τοῖς μεταγεν. πεζογράφοις, ὡς Διον. Ἁλ., Διόδ., καὶ Πλούτ.· ἀλλὰ [[σπάνιος]] παρὰ τοῖς δοκίμοις τῶν Ἀττ., Piers. εἰς Μοῖριν σ. 436, Meineke εἰς Μένανδρ. σ. 144. ΙΙ. τὸ ὁμαλὸν ὑπερθετ. [[εἶναι]] σπάνιον, ταχύτατα ἅρματα Πινδ. Ο. 1. 125· ταχύτατα ὡς ἐπίρρ., Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 5. 1, 27· κατέφαγε πάμπολλα καὶ ταχύτατα Ἀντιφ. ἐν «Δραπεταγωγῷ» 1. 4. 2) ὁ [[συνήθης]] [[τύπος]] [[εἶναι]] τάχιστος, η, ον, Ὅμ., κλπ.· ἀλλὰ παρ’ Ὁμ. [[εἶναι]] ἐν χρήσει μόνον τὸ οὐδ. πληθ. τάχιστα ὡς ἐπίρρ., πολὺ [[ταχέως]], ἐν μεγίστῃ σπουδῇ, [[ὅττι]] τάχιστα, ὅσον τὸ δυνατὸν τάχιστα, ὡς τὸ ὅ τι [[τάχος]] (ἴδε [[τάχος]] ΙΙ), Λατ. quam celerrime, Ἰλ. Δ. 193., 1. 659, κλπ.· Ἀττ.· ὅ τι τάχιστα Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 1341, Θουκ. 3. 31, κλπ.· ― οὕτω, ὅσον τ., Αἰσχύλ. Χο. 772, Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 1436, κλπ.· ὡς τ. Πινδ. Ο. 13. 112, Ἡρόδ. 1. 210, κ. ἀλλ., Ἀττικ.· [[ὅπως]] τ. Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 605, Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 1410, Ἀριστοφάν. Σφ. 167· ― αὗται [[εἶναι]] ἐλλειπτικαὶ φράσεις, ὡς δύναταί τις νὰ ἴδῃ ἐκ τῶν ἑπομένων παραδειγμάτων, ὡς δυνατόν ἐστι τάχιστα Πλάτ. Νόμ. 710Β, Ξεν. Κύρ. 5. 4, 3· ᾗ δυνατὸν τ. ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἑλλ. 6. 3, 6· ὡς ἢ ᾗ ἠδύνατο τ. ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Κύρ. 3. 2, 14, Ἀνάβ. 1. 2, 4· ὡς δύναιτο τ. Ἡρόδ. 1. 79· ὡς ἢ ᾗ ἂν δύνωμαι τ. Ξενοφ. Ἑλλ. 4. 1, 38, Κύρ. 7. 1, 9. β) τάχιστα [[μετὰ]] χρονικὰ μόρια, ὡς τὸ Λατ. quum primum, [[ἐπεὶ]] (Ἰωνικ. ἐπεί τε) τάχιστα Ἡρόδ. 1. 27, 75, καὶ Ἀττ.· [[ἐπειδὴ]] τ. Πλάτ. Πρωτ. 310D, Δημ. κλπ.· ἐπεὰν ἢ [[ἐπήν]], [[ἐπάν]], τ. Ἡρόδ. 4. 134., 7. 129, 163, Ξεν., κλπ.· [[ἐπειδὰν]] τ. Ἡρόδ. 8. 144, Ξενοφ., κλπ.· [[ὅταν]] τ. Ξενοφ. Κύρ. 4. 5, 33· ― [[ὡσαύτως]], ὡς... τάχιστα (ἐν [[ταύτῃ]] τῇ χρήσει αἱ δύο λέξεις ἀείποτε χωρίζονται δι’ ἄλλων λέξεων), Ἡρόδ. 1. 11, 19, 47, 65, κλπ., καὶ Ἀττ.· ― [[ὅπως]] τ. Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 228· ― ἡ αὐτὴ [[ἔννοια]] ἐκφέρεται διὰ τῆς μετοχ., ἀπαλλαγεὶς τάχιστα = ὡς ἀπηλλάγη τ., Πλουτ. Δημ. 8, πρβλ. 25. 3) [[συχν]]. καὶ παρὰ πεζογράφοις, τὴν ταχίστην (πλῆρες: τὴν τ. ὁδὸν Ξεν. Ἀνάβ. 1. 2, 20, Λουκ.), ὡς ἐπίρρ., διὰ τῆς ταχίστης ὁδοῦ, δηλ. ὡς τάχιστα, Ἡρόδ. 1. 24, 73, 81, 86, κλπ. (Τὴν ῥίζαν τῆς λέξεως ταύτης εὗρεν ὁ Curt. ἐν τῷ Σανσκρ. tak, tak-âmi (praeceps feror), tak-us (properans)· παραβάλλει δὲ τὸ Ζενδ. tak-a (currens), takh-ma (celer, fortis)· τὸ Λιθ. tek-ù (fluo, curro)· Σλαυ. tek-ŭ ([[δρόμος]]), tok-ŭ ([[ῥεῦμα]]).)
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