ταχυθάνατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound of τᾰχῠ́ς (tăkhŭ́s, “fast”) +‎ θᾰ́νᾰτος (thắnătos, “death”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ta.kʰy.tʰá.na.tos/ → /ta.çyˈθa.na.tos/ → /ta.çiˈθa.na.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ta.kʰy.tʰá.na.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ta.kʰyˈtʰa.na.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.çyˈθa.na.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.çyˈθa.na.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.çiˈθa.na.tos/

Adjective

τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτος • (tăkhŭthắnătos) m or f (neuter τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτον); second declension

1. liable to sudden death
2. killing speedily

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτος; τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτος tăkhŭthắnătos	τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτον tăkhŭthắnăton		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τω tăkhŭthănắtō	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τω tăkhŭthănắtō		τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτοι tăkhŭthắnătoi	τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτᾰ tăkhŭthắnătă
Genitive		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́του tăkhŭthănắtou	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́του tăkhŭthănắtou		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τοιν tăkhŭthănắtoin	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τοιν tăkhŭthănắtoin		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́των tăkhŭthănắtōn	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́των tăkhŭthănắtōn
Dative		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τῳ tăkhŭthănắtōi	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τῳ tăkhŭthănắtōi		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τοιν tăkhŭthănắtoin	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τοιν tăkhŭthănắtoin		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τοις tăkhŭthănắtois	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τοις tăkhŭthănắtois
Accusative		τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτον tăkhŭthắnăton	τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτον tăkhŭthắnăton		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τω tăkhŭthănắtō	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τω tăkhŭthănắtō		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τους tăkhŭthănắtous	τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτᾰ tăkhŭthắnătă
Vocative		τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτε tăkhŭthắnăte	τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτον tăkhŭthắnăton		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τω tăkhŭthănắtō	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τω tăkhŭthănắtō		τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτοι tăkhŭthắnătoi	τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτᾰ tăkhŭthắnătă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τως tăkhŭthănắtōs			τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰτώτερος tăkhŭthănătṓteros			τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰτώτᾰτος tăkhŭthănătṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾱ (tăkhŭthănăsĭ́ā)

Further reading

• “ταχυθάνατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ταχυθάνατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette