τάχα

A. quickly, presently, forthwith, freq.in Hom., who, like Pi. (O. 2.29, 4.83, al.) and B. (5.89), uses it only of time, Il. 1.205, 2.193,al.; ἦ τ. soon i'faith, Od. 18.73,338; of past time, τ. δ’ Ἕκτορος ἄγχι γένοντο Il. 8.117: also in Trag.and (more rarely) Att.Prose and Com., with fut., τάχ’ εἴσομαι A. Th. 261, cf. Ag. 489,1649, Ch. 305, S. OT 84, Ar. Ra. 527, Pl. Sph. 247d, etc.; ἔοικα θεσπιῳδήσειν τ. A. Ag. 1161; πέμψον πρὸς ἐμὲ τ. Sammelb. 7356.25 (ii A.D.); in this sense not found in LXX or in Papyri (exc. l.c.); τάχα ἐπειδάν, = ἐπειδὰν τάχιστα, as soon as, Pl. Phdr. 242a.

II. perhaps, to express any contingency from a probability to bare possibility, δὶς μὲν γὰρ καὶ τρὶς τ. τεύξεαι Hes. Op. 401; τ. οὐδὲ τεθέασθε τυραννουμένην πόλιν Pl. Lg. 711a, cf. Hp. Ma. 303b, X. An. 5.2.17, Theoc. 27.61, Bion Fr. 4.8, Gal. 16.685,690: more freq. τάχ’ ἄν, probably, perhaps, Hdt. 1.70, al., freq. in Trag. and Att.; mostly with opt., as Hdt. l.c., A. Pr. 314, Eu. 512 (lyr.), S. OT 139, Th. 1.81, etc.; rarely with aor. ind., Pl. Phdr. 256c, Gal. 16.596; with impf. ind., D. 36.55; with part., S. OT 523, Th. 6.2; with inf., Luc. Icar. 10; τάχ’ ἄν alone, in answers, Pl. Sph. 255c, R. 369a, etc.: strengthd., τάχα . . ἴσως Ar. Th. 718; ἴσως τ. X. HG 7.1.24; τ. τοίνυν ἴσως D. 21.191; τάχ’ ἂν ἴσως Pl. Plt. 264c; τάχ’ ἴσως ἄν Id. Sph. 247d; ἴσως τάχ’ ἄν S. Aj. 691, Th. 6.34, Pl. Ti. 38e; ἀμφισβητοῦντες προστιθέασιν ἀεὶ τὸ ἴσως καὶ τ. Arist. Rh. 1389b19; in this sense only twice in LXX (Wi. 13.6, 14.19).

III. Sup. τάχιστα, v. ταχύς c. 11.

IV. Ar. formed an acc. pl. τάχας, perhaps-es, Fr. 869.