τάχος

tachos

swiftness, speed

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 8
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Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8339
Book 20 1
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20189
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21564
Book 22 3
Chapter ?

228
22173
22230
Book 23 2
Chapter ?

23406
23515
Odyssey 1
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Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13261

Dictionary (LSJ)

τάχος [ᾰ], εος, τό, (ταχύς) A. swiftness, speed, ἵπποισι . . , οἷσιν Ἀθήνη νῦν ὤρεξε τ. Il. 23.406, cf. 515; τ. καὶ βραδυτής Pl. Tht. 156c, Arist. Ph. 228b29, etc.: pl., velocities, Pl. Ti. 39d, Lg. 893d. 2. τ. φρενῶν quickness of temper, hastiness, E. Ba. 670; ὁ χρόνος μάθησιν ἀντὶ τοῦ τάχους . . δίδωσι Id. Supp. 419; f.l. in Pl. Lg. 944c; τ. τῆς ψυχῆς quickness of apprehension, ib.689c. II. τάχος is freq. used in Adverbial phrases for ταχέως, abs. in acc., A. Th. 58, Ag. 945, Eu. 124, E. Rh. 986, HF 860 (troch.), etc.; also in dat., τάχει ὁμοίως with like velocities, Pl. Ti. 36d: with Preps., διὰ τάχους S. Aj. 822, Th. 1.63, etc.; ἐν τάχει Pi. N. 5.35, A. Pr. 747, S. OC 500, Th. 1.86, PCair.Zen. 62 (b).10 (iii B.C.), etc.; εἰς τάχος X. Eq. 3.5, Ar. Ach. 686, etc.; κατὰ τάχος Hdt. 1.124,152, Th. 1.73; κατὰ τὸ τ. PCair.Zen. 130.11 (iii B.C.); τὸ τ. (without κατὰ) ib. 158.2, 166.4, 428.15, PHib. 1.62.13 (all iii B.C.). etc.; μετὰ τάχους Pl. Prt. 332b; μετὰ παντὸς τ. with all speed, POxy. 2107.4 (iii A.D.); σὺν τάχει S. Aj. 853, OC 885 (lyr.), 904: also with relatives, ὡς τάχος, = ὡς τάχιστα, A. Ag. 27, Ch. 889, Hdt. 5.106, Ar. Lys. 1187; so ὅ τι τάχος Hdt. 9.7.βʹ, Th. 7.42, PCair.Zen. 60.8 (iii B.C.); ὅσον τάχος S. El. 1373, etc.; ᾗ (Dor. ᾇ) τάχος Pi. O. 6.23, Theoc. 14.68: also ὡς τάχεος εἶχε ἕκαστος Hdt. 8.107, cf. Th. 2.90; ὡς εἶχον τάχους Id. 7.2; πῶς πρὸς ἄλληλα τάχους ἔχει Pl. Grg. 451c.

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