tachu

Included with: τᾰχύς [ῠ], εῖα, ύ:

I of motion, swift, fleet, opposed to βραδύς,
I.1 of persons and animals, either absolutely, Refs 8th c.BC+; or more fully, πόδας ταχύς Refs; ταχὺς ἔσκε θέειν Refs 8th c.BC+; θείειν τ. Refs 8th c.BC+; κύνες, ἔλαφος, πτώξ, ἵππος, Refs 8th c.BC+; τ. βαδιστής a quick walker, Refs 5th c.BC+; σφοδροὶ καὶ τ. Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 of things, τ. πόδες Refs 8th c.BC+; τ. ἰός, ὀϊστοί, Refs 8th c.BC+; νῆες, τριήρεις, Refs 5th c.BC+
II of thought and purpose, quick, hasty, φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive, βλάπτειν τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ταχύ speed, haste, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 of actions, events, etc., rapid, sudden, πήδημα Refs 5th c.BC+; ᾅδης, μόρος, Refs 5th c.BC+; short, τ. ἐλπίδες fleeting hopes, Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. διήγησις short, rapid, Refs 4th c.BC+
B adverb,
B.1 regular τᾰχέως, quickly, opposed to βραδέως, Refs 8th c.BC+:—rarely in sense perhaps Refs 2nd c.BC+
B.2 the adverb is also expressed by periphrastic, διὰ ταχέων in haste, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.3 neuter ταχύ as adverb, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἤδη ἤδη τ. τ. Refs 3rd c.AD+; ἄρτι ἄρτι τ. τ. Refs 2nd c.AD+; also τάχα (which see).
B.4 the adjective ταχύς is frequently construed with Verbs, where we should use the adverb, ταχέες δ᾽ ἱππῆες ἄγερθεν Refs 8th c.BC+; δεῦρ᾽ ἀφίξεται τ. Refs 5th c.BC+
C Degrees of Comparison:
C.I comparative:
C.I.1 the form τᾰχύτερος, α, ον, is used by Refs 5th c.BC+; also in Refs 4th c.BC+, but not in good Attic dialect; ταχύτερον as adverb, Refs 5th c.BC+
C.I.2 the more usual form is θάσσων, neuter θᾶσσον, genitive ονος, Attic dialect θάττων, neuter θᾶττον, Refs 8th c.BC+, etc.:—neuter as adverb, frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+; θᾶσσον ἂν.. κλύοιμι sooner, i.e. rather, would I hear, Refs 5th c.BC+; θᾶσσον also often stands for the Positive, Refs 8th c.BC+; οὐ θᾶσσον οἴσει; i.e. make haste and bring, Refs 5th c.BC+; θᾶττον νοήματος quicker than thought, Refs 5th c.BC+; with a conjunction, ὅτι θᾶσσον, like{ὅτι τάχιστα}, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ἐπειδὴ θᾶττον συνεσκότασεν as soon as.. , Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐὰν or ἢν θ. as soon as.. , Refs 5th c.BC+; ἂν θ. Refs 4th c.BC+; εἰ θ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὡς θ. Refs 2nd c.BC+; θ. rarely = sooner than, before, ἐξήλαυνον μεσημβρίας οὐ πολλῷ τινι θ. Refs 2nd c.AD+
C.I.3 the form ταχίων [ῑ], neuter ιον, is frequently in late Prose, as LXX+5th c.BC+; but condemned by Refs 2nd c.AD+; τὴν ταχίονα τῆς τροφῆς παράθεσιν earlier, sooner, Refs 2nd c.AD+ — adverb τάχιον earlier, πλέεται.. περὶ τὸν Σεπτέμβριον μῆνα.., οὐδὲν δὲ κωλύει κἂν τ. Refs; τ. τῆς ὑποσχέσεως sooner than they had promised, Refs; τ. τοῦ παραγγέλματος Refs 1st c.AD+; formerly, ἐπεσκεύασαν τὸ παρόχιον,.. τ. γενόμενον γυμνάσιον Refs 2nd c.AD+; compare above 2 near the end
C.II superlative:
C.II.1 the form ταχύτατος is rare, ταχύτατα ἅρματα Refs 5th c.BC+; ταχύτατα as adverb, Refs 5th c.BC+; but both passages have been corrected.
C.II.2 the usual form is τάχιστος, η, ον, used by Refs 8th c.BC+ as adverb, most quickly, most speedily, ὅττι τάχιστα as soon as may be, as soon as possible, Refs 8th c.BC+; so ὅσον τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ᾳ (probably) τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅπως τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὡς τ. Refs 5th c.BC+: these are elliptically phrases, as may be seen from the following examples, ὡς δυνατόν ἐστι τάχιστα Refs 5th c.BC+; ᾗ δυνατὸν τ. Refs; ὡς or ᾗ ἠδύνατο τ. Refs; ὡς δύναιτο τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὡς or ᾗ ἂν δύνωμαι τ. Refs 5th c.BC+
C.II.2.b τάχιστα after Particles of Time, as soon as, ἐπεὶ (Ionic dialect ἐπεί τε) τάχιστα Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπειδὴ τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπεὰν τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὰν τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπειδὰν τ. Refs; ὅταν τ. Refs. separated by one or more words, ὡς ἡμέρη τ. ἐγεγόνεε Refs 5th c.BC+; ὡς γὰρ τ. εἰσῆλθον Refs 4th c.BC+; ὅπως τ. Refs 4th c.BC+ —the same notion is sometimes expressed by the participle, ἀπαλλαγεὶς τάχιστα, ={ὡς ἀπηλλάγη τ}., Refs 1st c.AD+
C.II.3 frequently also in Prose, τὴν ταχίστην (in full, τὴν τ. ὁδόν Refs 5th c.BC+ as adverb, by the quickest way, i.e. most quickly, Refs 5th c.BC+ deñgti, Lett. diêgt, both = 'run quickly', Polish dążyć 'hurry'.)

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.