ταχύσ, εῖα, ύ, comp. θᾶ́σσων, sup. τάχιστοσ: quick, swift, fleet.—Adv. comp. θᾶσσον, sup. τάχιστα: quicker, most speedily;ὅ ττι τάχιστα, with all speed, Il. 4.193, Od. 5.112; the comp. is also similarly used for emphasis, Od. 7.152, etc.
, 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 ταχείασS.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 ἄγερθενIl.23.287; ταχεῖά γ' ἦλθε χρησμῶν πρᾶξισA.Pers.739; ὁρμάσθω ταχύσS.Ph.526; δεῦρ' ἀφίξεται τ. Id.OC307; τ. χάρις διαρρεῖId.Aj. 1266, cf. Th.2.75, 5.66. C. Degrees of Comparison: I. Comp.: 1. the form 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 Att.; ταχύτερον as Adv., Hdt.4.127, 9.101, Hp.Prog.17. 2. the more usual form is θάσσων, neut. θᾶσσον, gen. ονοσ, Att. 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
p.79 (iii A.D.), Hermes 63.229 (Callatis); cf. supr. 2 fin. II. Sup.: 1. the form ταχύτατοσ is rare, ταχύτατα ἅρματαPi.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 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 τάχισταS.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 τάχισταPl.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 (Ion. ἐπεί τε) τάχισταA.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. ἐγεγόνεεHdt.1.11, cf. 19, 47,65, al., X.Cyr.1.3.2, Mem.1.2.16, al.; ὡς δὲ τ. ἐξῆλθε ..κόρον ἔτεκεIG42(1).121.4 (Epid., iv B.C.); ὡς γὰρ τ. εἰσῆλθονMen.Pk.287; ὡς ἂν τ. λάβῃς τὴν ἐπιστολήνPCair.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. ὁδόνX.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.)