swift
From LSJ
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
swallow: P. and V. χελιδών, ἡ (Plato also Ar.).
adjective
P. and V. ταχύς, ὀξύς, Ar. and V. ὠκύς, θοός, ταχύπους, V. ὠκύπους, ταχύπορος, ταχύρροθος, σπερχνός, κραιπνός, λαιψηρός.
With fem. nouns also V. δρομάς (Euripides, Bacchae 731).
hurried, quickly done: P. and V. ταχύς.
