τάχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to ταχύς (takhús, “fast, quick”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tá.kʰos/ → /ˈta.xos/ → /ˈta.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tá.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈta.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈta.xos/

Noun

τᾰ́χος • (tákhos) n (genitive τᾰ́χους); third declension

1. speed, celerity, swiftness, velocity

   Synonym: ταχυτής (takhutḗs)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τᾰ́χος; τοῦ τᾰ́χους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τᾰ́χος tò tákhos	τὼ τᾰ́χει tṑ tákhei	τᾰ̀ τᾰ́χη tà tákhē
Genitive	τοῦ τᾰ́χους toû tákhous	τοῖν τᾰχοῖν toîn takhoîn	τῶν τᾰχῶν tôn takhôn
Dative	τῷ τᾰ́χει tôi tákhei	τοῖν τᾰχοῖν toîn takhoîn	τοῖς τᾰ́χεσῐ / τᾰ́χεσῐν toîs tákhesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τᾰ́χος tò tákhos	τὼ τᾰ́χει tṑ tákhei	τᾰ̀ τᾰ́χη tà tákhē
Vocative	τᾰ́χος tákhos	τᾰ́χει tákhei	τᾰ́χη tákhē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], 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.