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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Related to ταχύς (takhús, “fast, quick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tá.kʰos/ → /ˈta.xos/ → /ˈta.xos/
Noun
τᾰ́χος • (tákhos) n (genitive τᾰ́χους); third declension
- speed, celerity, swiftness, velocity
- Synonym: ταχυτής (takhutḗs)
Inflection
Further reading
- “τάχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τάχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τάχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τάχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τάχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “τάχος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- celerity idem, page 120.
- despatch idem, page 216.
- expedition idem, page 293.
- fast idem, page 308.
- fastness idem, page 309.
- fleetness idem, page 327.
- haste idem, page 387.
- hastily idem, page 387.
- hastiness idem, page 387.
- hurriedly idem, page 411.
- hurry idem, page 411.
- nimbleness idem, page 558.
- pace idem, page 588.
- promptitude idem, page 653.
- quickly idem, page 667.
- quickness idem, page 667.
- rapidity idem, page 672.
- rate idem, page 673.
- soon idem, page 794.
- speed idem, page 800.
- speedily idem, page 801.
- swiftly idem, page 849.
- swiftness idem, page 849.
- velocity idem, page 946.