A). quickly, presently, forthwith, freq.in Hom., who, like Pi. ( O. 2.29 , 4.83 , al.) and B. ( 5.89 ), uses it only of time, Il. 1.205 , 2.193 ,al.; ἦ τ. soon i'faith, Od. 18.73 , 338 ; of past time, τ. δ’ Ἕκτορος ἄγχι γένοντο Il. 8.117 : also in Trag.and (more rarely) Att. Prose and Com., with fut., τάχ’ εἴσομαι A. Th. 261 , cf. Ag. 489 , 1649 , Ch. 305 , S. OT 84 , Ar. Ra. 527 , Pl. Sph. 247d , etc.; ἔοικα θεσπιῳδήσειν τ. A. Ag. 1161 ; πέμψον πρὸς ἐμὲ τ. Sammelb. 7356.25 (ii A.D.); in this sense not found in LXX or in Papyri (exc. l.c.); τάχα ἐπειδάν, = ἐπειδὰν τάχιστα , as soon as, Pl. Phdr. 242a .

II). perhaps, to express any contingency from a probability to bare possibility, δὶς μὲν γὰρ καὶ τρὶς τ. τεύξεαι Hes. Op. 401 ; τ. οὐδὲ τεθέασθε τυραννουμένην πόλιν Pl. Lg. 711a , cf. Hp. Ma. 303b , X. An. 5.2.17 , Theoc. 27.61 , Bion Fr. 4.8 , Gal. 16.685 , 690 : more freq. τάχ’ ἄν, probably, perhaps, Hdt. 1.70 , al., freq. in Trag. and Att.; mostly with opt., as Hdt. l.c., A. Pr. 314 , Eu. 512 (lyr.), S. OT 139 , Th. 1.81 , etc.; rarely with aor. ind., Pl. Phdr. 256c , Gal. 16.596 ; with impf. ind., D. 36.55 ; with part., S. OT 523 , Th. 6.2 ; with inf., Luc. Icar. 10 ; τάχ’ ἄν alone, in answers, Pl. Sph. 255c , R. 369a , etc.: strengthd., τάχα .. ἴσως Ar. Th. 718 ; ἴσως τ. X. HG 7.1.24 ; τ. τοίνυν ἴσως D. 21.191 ; τάχ’ ἂν ἴσως Pl. Plt. 264c ; τάχ’ ἴσως ἄν Id. Sph. 247d ; ἴσως τάχ’ ἄν S. Aj. 691 , Th. 6.34 , Pl. Ti. 38e ; ἀμφισβητοῦντες προστιθέασιν ἀεὶ τὸ ἴσως καὶ τ. Arist. Rh. 1389b19 ; in this sense only twice in LXX ( Wi. 13.6 , 14.19 ).

III). Sup. τάχιστα, v. ταχύς c. 11 .

IV). Ar. formed an acc. pl. τάχας, perhaps-es, Fr. 869 .