, freq.in Hom., who, like Pi. (O.2.29, 4.83, al.) and B. (5.89), uses it only of time, Il.1.205, 2.193,al.; ἦ τ.
soon
i'faith, Od.18.73,338; of past time, τ. δ' Ἕκτορος ἄγχι γένοντοIl.8.117: also in Trag.and (more rarely) Att.Prose and Com., with fut., τάχ' εἴσομαιA.Th.261, cf. Ag.489,1649, Ch.305, S.OT84, Ar.Ra.527, Pl.Sph.247d, etc.; ἔοικα θεσπιῳδήσειν τ. A.Ag.1161; πέμψον πρὸς ἐμὲ τ. Sammelb.7356.25 (ii A.D.); in this sense not found in LXX or in Papyri (exc. l.c.); τάχα ἐπειδάν, = ἐπειδὰν τάχιστα,
as soon as
, Pl.Phdr.242a. II.
perhaps
, to express any contingency from a probability to bare possibility, δὶς μὲν γὰρ καὶ τρὶς τ. τεύξεαιHes.Op.401; τ. οὐδὲ τεθέασθε τυραννουμένην πόλινPl.Lg.711a, cf. Hp. Ma.303b, X.An.5.2.17, Theoc.27.61, BionFr.4.8, Gal.16.685,690: more freq. τάχ' ἄν,
probably, perhaps
, Hdt.1.70, al., freq. in Trag. and Att.; mostly with opt., as Hdt. l.c., A.Pr.314, Eu.512 (lyr.), S.OT139, Th.1.81, etc.; rarely with aor. ind., Pl.Phdr.256c, Gal.16.596; with impf. ind., D.36.55; with part., S.OT523, Th.6.2; with inf., Luc.Icar.10; τάχ' ἄν alone, in answers, Pl.Sph.255c, R.369a, etc.: strengthd., τάχα ..ἴσωσAr.Th.718; ἴσως τ. X.HG7.1.24; τ. τοίνυν ἴσωσD.21.191; τάχ' ἂν ἴσωσPl.Plt.264c; τάχ' ἴσως ἄνId.Sph. 247d; ἴσως τάχ' ἄνS.Aj.691, Th.6.34, Pl.Ti.38e; ἀμφισβητοῦντες προστιθέασιν ἀεὶ τὸ ἴσως καὶ τ. Arist.Rh.1389b19; in this sense only twice in LXX (Wi.13.6, 14.19). III. Sup. τάχιστα, v. ταχύσ c. 11. IV.Ar. formed an acc. pl. τάχασ,
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