τᾰχύνω,
make quickly, κοιλὴν κάπετον χερσὶ ταχύνατε [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1404 (_anapaest meter_); ὡς δύνασαι.. ταχύνας σπεῦσον κοιλὴν κάπετον [prev. work] 1164 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τάδε τοί με σπερχόμενος ταχύνει such are the words by which he urging hastens me, i.e. urges me to hasten, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 257 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, σελὶς ταχυνομένη quickly written, [[ Anthologia Graeca 6.227 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II intransitive, to be quick, make haste, hurry, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 692, “Ch.” 660, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 861, “OC” 219 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 582: in Prose, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.15: with _genitive_, τοῦ ποιῆσαι LXX.Gen.18.7. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__II.2 to be early, ταχύνουσαν ἢ βραδύνουσαν ἀκμὴν προδιαγνῶναι [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.201. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]