ταχυτής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τᾰχύς (tăkhús) + -της (-tēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ta.kʰy.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ta.kʰyˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ta.çyˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ta.çyˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ta.çiˈtis/
Noun
τᾰχῠτής • (tăkhŭtḗs) f (genitive τᾰχῠτῆτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τᾰχῠτής hē tăkhŭtḗs |
τὼ τᾰχῠτῆτε tṑ tăkhŭtête |
αἱ τᾰχῠτῆτες hai tăkhŭtêtes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τᾰχῠτῆτος tês tăkhŭtêtos |
τοῖν τᾰχῠτήτοιν toîn tăkhŭtḗtoin |
τῶν τᾰχῠτήτων tôn tăkhŭtḗtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τᾰχῠτῆτῐ tēî tăkhŭtêtĭ |
τοῖν τᾰχῠτήτοιν toîn tăkhŭtḗtoin |
ταῖς τᾰχῠτῆσῐ / τᾰχῠτῆσῐν taîs tăkhŭtêsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τᾰχῠτῆτᾰ tḕn tăkhŭtêtă |
τὼ τᾰχῠτῆτε tṑ tăkhŭtête |
τᾱ̀ς τᾰχῠτῆτᾰς tā̀s tăkhŭtêtăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τᾰχῠτής tăkhŭtḗs |
τᾰχῠτῆτε tăkhŭtête |
τᾰχῠτῆτες tăkhŭtêtes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ταχύτητα (tachýtita) (with accent shift)
Further reading
- “ταχυτής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ταχυτής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette