τάχᾰ,
adverb, (τᾰχύς)
quickly, presently, forthwith, frequently in [
Refs 8th c.BC+], uses it only of time, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦ τ.
soon i'faith, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of past time, τ. δ᾽ Ἕκτορος ἄγχι γένοντο [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
Attic dialectProse and Comedy texts, with
future, τάχ᾽ εἴσομαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔοικα θεσπιῳδήσειν τ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πέμψον πρὸς ἐμὲ τ. [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in this sense not found in [
Refs]; τάχα ἐπειδάν, ={ἐπειδὰν τάχιστα},
as soon as, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
perhaps, to express any contingency from a probability to bare possibility, δὶς μὲν γὰρ καὶ τρὶς τ. τεύξεαι [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
probably, perhaps, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], frequently in Trag. and
Attic dialect; mostly with
optative, as [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely with
aorist indicative, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; with
imperfect indicative, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; with
participle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; with
infinitive, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τάχ᾽ ἄν alone, in answers, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴσως τ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀμφισβητοῦντες προστιθέασιν ἀεὶ τὸ ἴσως καὶ τ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; in this sense only twice in [
LXX]
III)
superlative τάχιστα, see at {ταχύς} with [
Refs]
IV) [
Refs 5th c.BC+],
perhaps-es, “fragment” 869.