τάχα
tacha
quickly, presently, forthwith
Appears 91 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
τάχα, Adv., (τᾰχύς) A. quickly, presently, forthwith, freq. in , who, like (O. 2.29, 4.83, al.) and (5.89), uses it only of time, Il. 1.205, 2.193,al.; ἦ τ. soon iʼfaith, Od. 18.73,338; of past time, τ. δʼ Ἕκτορος ἄγχι γένοντο Il. 8.117: also in Trag.and (more rarely) Att.Prose and Com., with fut., τάχʼ εἴσομαι Th. 261, cf. Ag. 489,1649, Ch. 305, OT 84, Ra. 527, Sph. 247d, etc.; ἔοικα θεσπιῳδήσειν τ. Ag. 1161; πέμψον πρὸς ἐμὲ τ. Sammelb. 7356.25 (ii A.D.); in this sense not found in or in Papyri (exc. l.c.); τάχα ἐπειδάν, = ἐπειδὰν τάχιστα, as soon as, Phdr. 242a. II. perhaps, to express any contingency from a probability to bare possibility, δὶς μὲν γὰρ καὶ τρὶς τ. τεύξεαι Op. 401; τ. οὐδὲ τεθέασθε τυραννουμένην πόλιν Lg. 711a, cf. Hp. Ma. 303b, An. 5.2.17, 27.61, Fr. 4.8, 16.685,690: more freq. τάχʼ ἄν, probably, perhaps, 1.70, al., freq. in Trag. and Att.; mostly with opt., as l.c., Pr. 314, Eu. 512 (lyr.), OT 139, 1.81, etc.; rarely with aor. ind., Phdr. 256c, 16.596; with impf. ind., 36.55; with part., OT 523, 6.2; with inf., Icar. 10; τάχʼ ἄν alone, in answers, Sph. 255c, R. 369a, etc.: strengthd., τάχα . . ἴσως Th. 718; ἴσως τ. HG 7.1.24; τ. τοίνυν ἴσως 21.191; τάχʼ ἂν ἴσως Plt. 264c; τάχʼ ἴσως ἄν Sph. 247d; ἴσως τάχʼ ἄν Aj. 691, 6.34, Ti. 38e; ἀμφισβητοῦντες προστιθέασιν ἀεὶ τὸ ἴσως καὶ τ. Rh. 1389b19; in this sense only twice in (Wi. 13.6, 14.19). III. Sup. τάχιστα, v. ταχύς C. II. IV. formed an acc. pl. τάχας, perhaps-es, Fr.869.
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