ταχύς

τᾰχύς [ῠ], εῖα, ύ:

I of motion, swift, fleet, opp. βραδύς,

1 of persons and animals, either abs., Il.18.69, etc.; or more fully,

πόδας ταχύς 13.249

,482, 17.709, etc.;

ταχὺς ἔσκε θέειν Od.17.308

; θείειν τ. Il.16.186, Od.3.112; κύνες, ἔλαφος, πτώξ, ἵππος, Il.3.26, 8.248, 17.676, 23.347, etc.;

οἰωνόν, ταχὺν ἄγγελον 24.292

, cf. Od.15.526; τ. βαδιστής a quick walker, E.Med.1182; σφοδροὶ καὶ τ. X.Cyr.2.1.31.

2 of things,

τ. πόδες Il.6.514

, cf. Od.13.261, etc.; τ. ἰός, ὀϊστοί, Il.4.94, Od.22.3, etc.;

πτερά Ar.Av.1453

;

-ύτατα ἅρματα Pi.O.1.77

; νῆες, τριήρεις, Hdt.8.23, Th.6.43, etc.; [

ἴχνος] τὸ τοῦ ποδὸς μὲν βραδύ, τὸ τοῦ δὲ νοῦ ταχύ E.Ion742

.

II of thought and purpose, quick, hasty,

φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς S.OT617

: c. inf., βλάπτειν τ. Ar.Ra.1428;

τ. βουλεῦσαί τι ἀνήκεστον Th.1.132

, cf. 118, Luc. Dem.Enc.12; also

τ. πρὸς ὀργήν Plu.Cat.Mi.1

; τὸ ταχύ speed, haste, E.Ph.452, X.Eq.7.18, etc.

2 of actions, events, etc., rapid, sudden,

πήδημα S.Aj.833

; ᾅδης, μόρος, E.Hipp.1047, Mosch.3.26;

πόλεμος Th.4.55

, 6.45;

φυγή Id.4.44

;

μεταβολή Pl.R.553d

; short, τ. ἐλπίδες fleeting hopes, Pi.P.1.83;

ἐπαυρέσεις Th.2.53

;

ἀτραπός Ar. Ra.127

;

ταχεῖ σὺν χρόνῳ S.OC1602

; τ. διήγησις short, rapid, Arist. Rh.1416b30.

B Adv.,

1 regul. τᾰχέως, quickly, opp. βραδέως, Il.23.365, Hes.Th.103, etc.:—rarely in sense perhaps (cf.

τάχα 11

), Plb.16.25.8.

2 the Adv. is also expressed by periphr., διὰ ταχέων in haste, Th.1.80, 3.13, Pl.Ap.32d, X.An.1.5.9;

ἐκ ταχείας S.Tr.395

; cf.

τάχος 11

.

3 neut. ταχύ as Adv., Pi.P.10.51, N.1.51, S.Ph.349, E.HF885 (lyr.), Ar.Eq.109, Gal.16.665, etc.; ἤδη ἤδη τ. τ. Sammelb. 4321.21, BGU956.3 (both iii A.D.); ἄρτι ἄρτι τ. τ. Arch.Pap.5.393 (ii A.D.); also τάχα (q.v.).

4 the Adj. ταχύς is freq. construed with Verbs, where we should use the Adv.,

ταχέες δ' ἱππῆες ἄγερθεν Il.23.287

;

ταχεῖά γ' ἦλθε χρησμῶν πρᾶξις A.Pers.739

;

ὁρμάσθω ταχύς S.Ph.526

; δεῦρ' ἀφίξεται τ. Id.OC307;

τ. χάρις διαρρεῖ Id.Aj. 1266

, cf. Th.2.75, 5.66.

C Degrees of Comparison:

I [comp] Comp.:

1 the form [full] τᾰχύτερος, α, ον, is used by Hdt.,

ἐποίησα ταχύτερα ἢ σοφώτερα 3.65

, cf. 7.194; also in Arist.Mu.394b3, Arr.Ind.9.6, Aret.SD1.16, but not in good [dialect] Att.; ταχύτερον as Adv., Hdt.4.127, 9.101, Hp. Prog.17.

2 the more usual form is [full] θάσσων, neut. θᾶσσον, gen. ονος, [dialect] Att. [full] θάττων, neut. θᾶττον, Il.15.570, 13.819 (elsewh. only neut. in Hom.), etc.:—neut. as Adv., freq. in Hom., Od.2.307, al.; θᾶσσον ἂν . . κλύοιμι sooner, i.e. rather, would I hear, S.Ph. 631; θᾶσσον also often stands for the Positive, Il.2.440, Od.15.201, 16.130, Pi.P.4.181, Ar.Nu.506, V.187, Ra.94; οὐ θᾶσσον οἴσεις; i.e. make haste and bring, S.Tr.1183, cf. OT430; θᾶττον νοήματος quicker than thought, X.Mem.4.3.13, cf. Ar.V.824, etc.; with a Conj., ὅτι θᾶσσον, like ὅτι τάχιστα, Theoc.24.48; ἐπειδὴ θᾶττον συνεσκότασεν as soon as . . , D.54.5;

ἐπειδὰν θ. συνιῇ τις Pl.Prt.325c

;

ὅταν θ. φθέγγηται ὁ κόκκυξ Arist.HA563b17

, cf. 611a5; ἐὰν or ἢν θ. as soon as . . , X.Cyr.3.3.20, An.6.5.20, Pl.Alc.1.105a; ἂν θ. Men. Pk.174; εἰ θ. Pl.Ep.324b; ὡς θ. Plb.1.66.1, 3.82.1; θ. rarely = sooner than, before, ἐξήλαυνον μεσημβρίας οὐ πολλῷ τινι θ. Aristid. Or.51 (27).13 (cf. τάχιον infr. 3).

3 the form [full] ταχίων [pron. full] [ῑ], neut. ιον, is freq. in late Prose, as LXX Wi.13.9, 1 Ma.2.40, Ph.Bel.69.14, 17, 73.23, Gem.1.20, D.H.6.42, D.S.20.6, J. (v. infr.), Plu.2.240d, Ev.Jo. 20.4, Alciphr.3.4; also in Hp.Mul.1.1, Men.402.16; but condemned by Phryn.58, Hdn.Philet.p.436 P.; τὴν ταχίονα τῆς τροφῆς παράθεσιν earlier, sooner, Gal.19.206:—Adv. τάχιον earlier, πλέεται . . περὶ τὸν Σεπτέμβριον μῆνα . . , οὐδὲν δὲ κωλύει κἂν τ. Peripl.M.Rubr. 24; τ. τῆς ὑποσχέσεως sooner than they had promised, Rev.Ét.Gr. 6.159 ([place name] Iasus);

τ. τοῦ παραγγέλματος J.BJ4.4.2

;

εἰς μακρὸν αὐτῶν γῆρας καὶ βίου μῆκος ὅμοιον τοῖς τ. ἐπερχομένων Id.AJ1.3.7

;

ἀποπαύεται οὔτε τ. ἐτῶν τεσσαράκοντα οὔτε βράδιον ἐτῶν πεντήκοντα Sor. 1.20

, cf. 48, al.; formerly,

ἐπεσκεύασαν τὸ παρόχιον, . . τ. γενόμενον γυμνάσιον IGRom.3.639

(Lycia, ii A.D.), cf. 4.1517 ([place name] Sardis), 1632.14 ([place name] Philadelphia), 1665.5 ([place name] Tira), Keil-Premerstein Dritter Bericht p.79 (iii A.D.), Hermes 63.229 ([place name] Callatis); cf. supr. 2 fin.

II [comp] Sup.:

1 the form [full] ταχύτατος is rare,

ταχύτατα ἅρματα Pi.O.1.77

; ταχύτατα as Adv., X.HG5.1.27 codd., Antiph.87 codd.; but both passages have been corrected.

2 the usual form is [full] τάχιστος, η, ον, used by Hom. only in neut. pl. τάχιστα as Adv., most quickly, most speedily, ὅττι τάχιστα as soon as may be, as soon as possible, Il.4.193, 9.659, al.;

ὅτι τάχιστα S.OT1341

(lyr.), Th.3.31, etc.; so ὅσον τ. A.Ch.772, S. OT1436, etc.; ᾳ (prob.) τ. Pi.O.13.79; ὅπως τ. A.Ag.605, S.OT1410, Ar.V.167; ὡς τ. IG12.76.23, Hdt.1.210, Th.4.15, E.Rh.147, X.An.1.3.14: these are ellipt. phrases, as may be seen from the foll. examples,

ὡς δυνατόν ἐστι τάχιστα Pl.Lg.710b

, X.Cyr. 5.4.3; ᾗ δυνατὸν τ. Id.HG6.3.6; ὡς or ᾗ ἠδύνατο τ. Id.Cyr.3.2.14, An.1.2.4; ὡς δύναιτο τ. Hdt.1.79; ὡς or ᾗ ἂν δύνωμαι τ. X.HG4.1.38, Cyr.7.1.9, cf. IG12.106.18.

b τάχιστα after Particles of Time, as soon as, ἐπεὶ ([dialect] Ion. ἐπεί τε)

τάχιστα A.Pr.201

, Hdt.1.27,75, 7.163, X.An.7.2.6, PCair.Zen.34.12 (iii B.C.); ἐπειδὴ τ. Pl.Prt.310d, Is.9.3, D.27.16, etc.; ἐπεὰν τ. Hdt.4.134, 7.129, 8.144; ἐπὰν τ. X.An.4.6.9; ἐπειδὰν τ. Id.Cyr.1.3.14, An.3.1.9; ὅταν τ. Id.Cyr.4.5.33: also ὡς τ. separated by one or more words,

ὡς ἡμέρη τ. ἐγεγόνεε Hdt.1.11

, cf. 19, 47,65, al., X.Cyr.1.3.2, Mem.1.2.16, al.;

ὡς δὲ τ. ἐξῆλθε . . κόρον ἔτεκε IG42(1).121.4

(Epid., iv B.C.);

ὡς γὰρ τ. εἰσῆλθον Men.Pk.287

;

ὡς ἂν τ. λάβῃς τὴν ἐπιστολήν PCair.Zen.241.1

(iii B.C.); but ὡς τ. γὰρ ἀπεδήμησας ib.472.7 (iii B.C.); ὅπως τ. A.Pr.230:—the same notion is sometimes expressed by the part., ἀπαλλαγεὶς τάχιστα, = ὡς ἀπηλλάγη τ., Plu.Dem.8, cf. 25.

3 freq. also in Prose, τὴν ταχίστην (in full,

τὴν τ. ὁδόν X.An.1.2.20

, Luc.Rh.Pr.4) as Adv., by the quickest way, i.e. most quickly, Hdt. 1.24,73,81,86, Hyp.Eux.7, Men. Pk.75, Plb.1.33.4, etc. (Cf. Lith. (dial.) deñgti, Lett. diêgt, both = 'run quickly', Polish dążyć 'hurry'.)