tacuvpotmo"
ta±cuv-potmo" , on , = tacuvmoro" , Pind.tacuvpou"
ta±cuv-pou" , podo", oJ, hJ, poun, tov , swift-footed, Eur ., Ar.tacuvpterno"
ta±cuv-pterno" , on , ( ptevrna ) swift-footed, Theogn.tacuvptero"
ta±cuv-ptero" , on , ( pterovn ) swift-winged, Aesch.tacuvpwlo"
ta±cuv-pwlo" »uØ1/4, on , with fleet, swift horses, Il.tacuvrroqo"
ta±cuvr-roqo" , on , swift-rushing, Aesch.tacuvrrwsto"
ta±cuvr-rwsto" , on , ( rJwvomai ) swift-rushing, Soph.ta cuv", TA CU vS
T ØACU vS »uØ1/4, ei`a, uv :I. of motion, quick, swift, fleet, opp. to braduv" , Hom. , etc. ; tacu;" povda" Il.; tacu;" qeivein Hom.
II. of thought and purpose, quick, rapid, hasty, fronei`n ga;r oiJ tacei`" oujk ajsfalei`" Soph .; c. inf. , blavptein t . Ar. ; to; tacuv speed, haste, Eur.
2. so of actions, events, quick, rapid, sudden, phvdhma Soph .; povlemo" Thuc .; t. ejlpivde" fleeting
hopes, Pind.
B.
Adv
.,
1.
regul.
form
ta±cevw"
,
quickly,
Il.,
Att.
2.
the
Adv.
is also expressed by periphr.,
dia; tacevwn
in haste,
Thuc
.,
etc.
;
ejk taceiva"
Soph
.;
cf.
tavco"
II
.
3.
neut.
tacuv
as
Adv.
, Id.,
etc.
; more often
tavca
(
q.v.
).
C.
Degrees of Comparison:
I.
Comp
.:
1.
regul.
form
ta±cuvtero"
,
a, on
,
Hdt.
2.
qavsswn
,
neut.
qa`sson
,
gen.
ono"
, new
Att.
qavttwn
,
neut.
qa`tton
,
Hom.
,
Att.
:—
neut.
as
Adv.
,
Hom.
,
etc.
;
qa`sson a]n kluvoimi
sooner,
i.e.
rather,
would I hear,
Soph.
;
qa`sson
also, like
Lat.
ocius
,
often stands for the Positive,
ouj qa`sson oi[sei"
; i.e. make haste and bring, Id.;
o{ ti qa`sson
, like
o{ ti tavcista
,
Theocr.
;
ejpeida;n q
.
Plat.
3.
the form
tacivwn »i<Eth>1/4
,
neut.
ion
, is rare in good
Att.
II.
the regular
Sup.
tacuvtato"
, is rare,
Pind.
;
tacuvtata
as
Adv.
,
Xen.
2.
the usual form is
tavcisto"
,
h, on
, mostly in
neut. pl.
tavcista
as
Adv.
,
o{tti tavcista
as soon as possible,
Lat.
quam celerrime
,
Il.;
Att.
o{ ti tavcista
Soph
.,
etc.
:—so,
o{son t
.
Aesch.
;
wJ" t
.
Hdt.
,
Att.
;
o{pw" t
.
Aesch.
,
etc.
:—these are ellipt. phrases, for
wJ" dunato;n t
.
Hdt.
;
wJ"
or
h|/ a]n duvnwmai t
.
Xen.
,
etc.
:—also after Particles of Time, like
Lat.
quum primum
,
ejpeiv
(
Ion.
ejpeiv te
)
tavcista
Hdt
.,
Att.
;
ejpeidh; t
.
Plat.
,
etc.
;
ejpeavn
or
ejphvn, ejpavn, ejpeida;n t
.
Hdt.
,
etc.
;
o{tan t
.
Xen.