ταχύς of motion, quick, swift, fleet, opp. to βραδύς, Hom., etc.; ταχὺς πόδας Il.; ταχὺς θείειν Hom. of thought and purpose, quick, rapid, hasty, φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς Soph.; c. inf., βλάπτειν τ. Ar.; τὸ ταχύ speed, haste, Eur. so of actions, events, quick, rapid, sudden, πήδημα Soph.; πόλεμος Thuc.; τ. ἐλπίδες fleeting hopes, Pind. adv., regul. form ταχέως, quickly, Il., Attic the adv. is also expressed by periphr., διὰ ταχέων in haste, Thuc., etc.; ἐκ ταχείας Soph.; cf. τάχος II. neut. ταχύ as adv., Soph., etc.; more often τάχα (q. v.). Degrees of Comparison: comp.: regul. form ταχύτερος, η, ον, Hdt. θάσσων, neut. θᾶσσον, gen. ονος, new Attic θάττων, neut. θᾶττον, Hom., Attic:—neut. as adv., Hom., etc.; θᾶσσον ἂν κλύοιμι sooner, i. e. rather, would I hear, Soph.; θᾶσσον also, like Lat. ocius, often stands for the Positive, οὐ θᾶσσον οἴσεις; i. e. make haste and bring, Soph.; ὅ τι θᾶσσον, like ὅ τι τάχιστα, Theocr.; ἐπειδὰν θ. Plat. the form ταχίων [ῑ], neut. ιον, is rare in good Attic the regular Sup. ταχύτατος, is rare, Pind.; ταχύτατα as adv., Xen. the usual form is τάχιστος, η, ον , mostly in neut. pl. τάχιστα as adv., ὅττι τάχιστα as soon as possible, Lat. quam celerrime, Il.; Attic ὅ τι τάχιστα Soph., etc.:—so, ὅσον τ. Aesch.; ὡς τ. Hdt., Attic; ὅπως τ. Aesch., etc.:—these are ellipt. phrases, for ὡς δυνατὸν τ. Hdt.; ὡς or ᾗ ἂν δύνωμαι τ. Xen., etc.:—also after Particles of Time, like Lat. quum primum, ἐπεί (Ionic ἐπείτε) τάχιστα Hdt., Attic; ἐπειδὴ τ. Plat., etc.; ἐπεάν or ἐπήν, ἐπάν, ἐπειδὰν τ. Hdt., etc.; ὅταν τ. Xen. often also in Prose, τὴν ταχίστην (sc. ὁδόν) , as adv. by the quickest way, i. e. most quickly, Hdt., etc.