hurry
ὥσπερ λίθοι τε καὶ πλίνθοι καὶ ξύλα καὶ κέραμος, ἀτάκτως μὲν ἐρριμμένα οὐδὲν χρήσιμά ἐστιν → just as stones and bricks, woodwork and tiles, tumbled together in a heap are of no use at all (Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.1.7)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. τάχος, τό, σπουδή, ἡ.
in a hurry: P. κατὰ σπουδήν (Thuc. 1. 93).
verb transitive
P. and V. σπεύδειν, ἐπισπεύδειν, ἐπείγειν, ὁρμᾶν, P. κατεπείγειν (intrans. in Ar.).
verb intransitive
P. and V. ὁρμᾶν, ὁρμᾶσθαι, ἐπείγεσθαι, ἵεσθαι (rare P.), ἀμιλλᾶσθαι (rare P.), φέρεσθαι, Ar. and V. τείνειν, ἐγκονεῖν, ταχύνειν, ᾄσσειν (also Plato but rare P.), σπεύδειν (rare P.), V. ἐπισπεύδειν, ὀρούειν, ἀΐσσειν, θράζειν, συθῆναι (1st aor. pass. of σεύειν), σπέρχεσθαι; see also run, rush, speed.
foreseeing the fate to which they are hurrying: P. προορώμενοι εἰς οἷα φέρονται (Thuc. 5, 111).
