τάχος

τάχος [ᾰ], εος, τό, ([etym.] ταχύς)

A swiftness, speed, ἵπποισι . . , οἷσιν Ἀθήνη νῦν ὤρεξε τ. Il.23.406, cf. 515;

τ. καὶ βραδυτής Pl.Tht.156c

, Arist. Ph.228b29, etc.: pl., velocities, Pl.Ti.39d, Lg.893d.

2 τ. φρενῶν quickness of temper, hastiness, E.Ba.670;

ὁ χρόνος μάθησιν ἀντὶ τοῦ τάχους . . δίδωσι Id.Supp.419

; f.l. in Pl.Lg.944c; τ. τῆς ψυχῆς quickness of apprehension, ib.689c.

II τάχος is freq. used in Adverbial phrases for ταχέως, abs. in acc., A.Th.58, Ag.945, Eu. 124, E.Rh.986, HF860 (troch.), etc.; also in dat., τάχει ὁμοίως with like velocities, Pl.Ti.36d: with Preps.,

διὰ τάχους S.Aj.822

, Th.1.63, etc.;

ἐν τάχει Pi.N.5.35

, A.Pr.747, S.OC500, Th.1.86, PCair.Zen.62 (b).10 (iii B.C.), etc.;

εἰς τάχος X.Eq.3.5

, Ar.Ach.686, etc.;

κατὰ τάχος Hdt.1.124

,152, Th.1.73; κατὰ τὸ τ. PCair.Zen.130.11 (iii B.C.); τὸ τ. (without κατὰ) ib. 158.2, 166.4, 428.15, PHib.1.62.13 (all iii B.C.). etc.;

μετὰ τάχους Pl.Prt.332b

; μετὰ παντὸς τ. with all speed, POxy.2107.4 (iii A.D.);

σὺν τάχει S.Aj.853

, OC 885 (lyr.), 904: also with relatives, ὡς τάχος, = ὡς τάχιστα, A.Ag. 27, Ch.889, Hdt.5.106, Ar.Lys.1187; so

ὅ τι τάχος Hdt.9.7

.β, Th. 7.42, PCair.Zen.60.8 (iii B.C.);

ὅσον τάχος S.El.1373

, etc.; ᾗ ([dialect] Dor. ᾇ)

τάχος Pi.O.6.23

, Theoc.14.68: also

ὡς τάχεος εἶχε ἕκαστος Hdt. 8.107

, cf. Th.2.90;

ὡς εἶχον τάχους Id.7.2

;

πῶς πρὸς ἄλληλα τάχους ἔχει Pl.Grg.451c

.