[ᾰῡ prés., ῠ fut.]
      1 tr. hâter, accélérer, SOPH. Aj. 1404 ; au pass. ANTH. 6, 227 ;
      2 intr. se hâter, s’empresser, ESCHL. Pers. 692, etc. ; SOPH. Aj. 1164, etc. ; AR. Eccl. 582 ; XÉN. Cyr. 8, 5, 8, etc.

Étym. ταχύς.

make quickly, κοιλὴν κάπετον χερσὶ ταχύνατε S. Aj. 1404 (anap.); ὡς δύνασαι… ταχύνας σπεῦσον κοιλὴν κάπετον ib. 1164 (anap.); τάδε τοί με σπερχόμενος ταχύνει such are the words by which he urging hastens me, i.e. urges me to hasten, E. Alc. 257 (lyr.); — Pass., σελὶς ταχυνομένη quickly written, AP 6.227 (Crin.). intr., to be quick, make haste, hurry, A. Pers. 692, Ch. 660, S. OT 861, OC 219 (lyr.), Ar. Ec. 582; in Prose, X. Cyr. 8.5.15; c. gen., τοῦ ποιῆσαι LXX Ge. 18.7.
to be early, ταχύνουσαν ἢ βραδύνουσαν ἀκμὴν προδιαγνῶναι Gal. 19.201.

schnell od. eilig machen, beeilen, beschleunigen, – intr., sich beeilen, eilen ; Aesch. Ch. 149 ; σπερχόμενος ταχύνει, Eur. Alc. 257 ; Xen. Cyr. 8.5.15 ; Soph. O.C. 219, Aj. 1143 ; Long. 3.2.

1. to make quickly , [Sophocles Tragicus (Refs 5th c.BC)]; τοῖα σπερχόμενος ταχύνει such are the words which in his eager haste he speaks, [Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)]
2. intransitive to be quick, to make haste, speed, hurry , [Aeschulus Tragicus (6th/5th c.BC), Sophocles Tragicus (Refs 5th c.BC), Xenophon Historicus (5th/4th c.BC)] (ML)