ταχύς -εῖα, -ύ. (For comp. and superl. see θάσσων, τάχιστα.) Acc. sing. masc. ταχύν. Voc. ταχύ. Nom. dual ταχέε. Nom. pl. ταχέες. Dat. ταχέεσσι. Acc. ταχέας. Quick in movement, nimble, swift, fleet (often a merely conventional epithet) : κύνες Il. 3.26, ἰόν Il. 4.94. Cf. Il. 5.356, 885, Il. 8.248, 339, Il. 16.186, etc. : Od. 3.112, Od. 13.261, Od. 14.133, Od. 15.526, Od. 22.3, etc. Epithet of the Telamonian Ajax Il. 10.110, 175. Of the Lesser Ajax Il. 2.527, Il. 13.66, 701, Il. 14.442, 520, Il. 17.256, Il. 23.473, 488 = 754. Of Achilles Il. 18.69. Of Iris Il. 8.399, Il. 11.186, Il. 15.158, Il. 24.144. For πόδας ταχύς see πούς 3.