hasten

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verb transitive

P. and V. σπεύδειν, ἐπισπεύδειν, ἐπείγειν, ὁρμᾶν, P. κατεπείγειν.

verb intransitive

P. and V. ὁρμᾶν, ὁρμᾶσθαι, ἐπείγεσθαι, ἵεσθαι (rare P.), ἁμιλλᾶσθαι (rare P.), φέρεσθαι, Ar. and P. κατεπείγειν, Ar. and V. τείνειν, ἐγκονεῖν, ταχύνειν, σπεύδειν (rare P.), ᾄσσειν (also Plato but rare P.), V. θοάζειν, συθῆναι (1st aor. pass. σεύειν), σπέρχεσθαι, ἀΐσσειν, ὀρούειν, ἐπισπεύδειν; see also run, speed.

hasten: in imperative, use also Ar. and V. σοῦσθε (2nd pers. pl.).

hasten away: Ar. ἐκσπεύδειν, V. ἀπᾴσσειν.

hasten on an errand: V. ἐπόρνυσθαι στόλον (Aesch., Supplices 187).