ταχύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰn̥gʰ-ú-s, zero-grade u-stem of *dʰengʰ- (“to go quickly”), based on the comparison with Lithuanian déngti (“to run, hurry”), though Fraenkel has disputed the connection.

Not related to Sanskrit तकु (taku), तक्व (takva, “quick, fast”), as Ancient Greek χ (kh) does not match Sanskrit क् (k), and the comparative θάσσων (thássōn) proves that the Greek τ (t) in ταχύς (takhús) is originally θ (th), from the aspirated PIE *dʰ (see Grassmann's law).

Pronunciation

Adjective

τᾰχῠ́ς • (takhús) m (feminine τᾰχεῖᾰ, neuter τᾰχῠ́); first/third declension

1. swift, quick, fast, rapid
2. In a short time: soon

Declension

Synonyms

• ὠκύς (ōkús)

Antonyms

• βραδύς (bradús, “slow”)

Coordinate terms

• θᾱ́σσων (thā́ssōn, “faster”)

Derived terms

Descendants

• → English: tachy- (learned)

References

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ταχύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1456–1457
• Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “deñgti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 88–89: “Über griech. ταχύς ‘schnell’, Komp. θᾱ́σσων, eretr. Eigenn. Τήχιππος, die nichts mit lit. déngti ‘schnell laufen, eilen’, zu tun haben, s. jetzt Seiler Steig. 25.39ff.”
• “ταχύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ταχύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ταχύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ταχύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ταχύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ταχύς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5036 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • expeditious idem, page 293.
  • express idem, page 295.
  • fleet idem, page 327.
  • hasty idem, page 387.
  • headlong idem, page 391.
  • hurried idem, page 411.
  • nimble idem, page 558.
  • quick idem, page 665.
  • rapid idem, page 672.
  • sharp idem, page 762.
  • speedy idem, page 801.
  • swift idem, page 848.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταχύς (takhús).

Adjective

ταχύς • (tachýs) m (feminine ταχεία, neuter ταχύ)

1. fast, rapid

   Synonym: αλματώδης (almatódis)

2. sudden

Declension

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