ταχυτής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τᾰχύς (takhús) +‎ -της (-tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ta.kʰy.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ta.çyˈtis/ → /ta.çiˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ta.kʰy.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ta.kʰyˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.çyˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.çyˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.çiˈtis/

Noun

τᾰχῠτής • (takhutḗs) f (genitive τᾰχῠτῆτος); third declension

1. speed

   Antonym: βρᾰδῠτής (bradutḗs)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ τᾰχῠτής; τῆς τᾰχῠτῆτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τᾰχῠτής hē takhutḗs	τὼ τᾰχῠτῆτε tṑ takhutête	αἱ τᾰχῠτῆτες hai takhutêtes
Genitive	τῆς τᾰχῠτῆτος tês takhutêtos	τοῖν τᾰχῠτήτοιν toîn takhutḗtoin	τῶν τᾰχῠτήτων tôn takhutḗtōn
Dative	τῇ τᾰχῠτῆτῐ têi takhutêti	τοῖν τᾰχῠτήτοιν toîn takhutḗtoin	ταῖς τᾰχῠτῆσῐ / τᾰχῠτῆσῐν taîs takhutêsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν τᾰχῠτῆτᾰ tḕn takhutêta	τὼ τᾰχῠτῆτε tṑ takhutête	τᾱ̀ς τᾰχῠτῆτᾰς tā̀s takhutêtas
Vocative	τᾰχῠτής takhutḗs	τᾰχῠτῆτε takhutête	τᾰχῠτῆτες takhutêtes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Descendants

• Greek: ταχύτητα (tachýtita) (with accent shift)

Further reading

• “ταχυτής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ταχυτής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette