ταχυθάνατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound of τᾰχῠ́ς (takhús, “fast”) +‎ θᾰ́νᾰτος (thánatos, “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 • (takhuthánatos) 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 takhuthánatos	τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτον takhuthánaton		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τω takhuthanátō	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τω takhuthanátō		τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτοι takhuthánatoi	τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτᾰ takhuthánata
Genitive		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́του takhuthanátou	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́του takhuthanátou		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τοιν takhuthanátoin	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τοιν takhuthanátoin		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́των takhuthanátōn	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́των takhuthanátōn
Dative		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τῳ takhuthanátōi	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τῳ takhuthanátōi		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τοιν takhuthanátoin	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τοιν takhuthanátoin		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τοις takhuthanátois	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τοις takhuthanátois
Accusative		τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτον takhuthánaton	τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτον takhuthánaton		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τω takhuthanátō	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τω takhuthanátō		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τους takhuthanátous	τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτᾰ takhuthánata
Vocative		τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτε takhuthánate	τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτον takhuthánaton		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τω takhuthanátō	τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τω takhuthanátō		τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτοι takhuthánatoi	τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτᾰ takhuthánata
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰ́τως takhuthanátōs			τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰτώτερος takhuthanatṓteros			τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰτώτᾰτος takhuthanatṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τᾰχῠθᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾱ (takhuthanasíā)

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