τάγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τάσσω (tássō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /táŋ.ma/ → /ˈtaɣ.ma/ → /ˈtaɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /táŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɣ.ma/

Noun

τάγμᾰ • (tágmă) n (genitive τάγμᾰτος); third declension

1. command, order
2. arrangement
3. body of soldiers, division, brigade

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τᾰ́γμᾰ; τοῦ τᾰ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τᾰ́γμᾰ tò tắgmă	τὼ τᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ tắgmăte	τᾰ̀ τᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ tắgmătă
Genitive	τοῦ τᾰ́γμᾰτος toû tắgmătos	τοῖν τᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn tăgmắtoin	τῶν τᾰγμᾰ́των tôn tăgmắtōn
Dative	τῷ τᾰ́γμᾰτῐ tōî tắgmătĭ	τοῖν τᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn tăgmắtoin	τοῖς τᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / τᾰ́γμᾰσῐν toîs tắgmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ τᾰ́γμᾰ tò tắgmă	τὼ τᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ tắgmăte	τᾰ̀ τᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ tắgmătă
Vocative	τᾰ́γμᾰ tắgmă	τᾰ́γμᾰτε tắgmăte	τᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tắgmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σύνταγμα (súntagma)

Descendants

• Greek: τάγμα (tágma)
• Greek: τάμα (táma)

Further reading

• “τάγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τάγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τάγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek τάγμα (tágma). Doublet of τάμα (táma).

Noun

τάγμα • (tágma) n (plural τάγματα)

1. battalion (army unit)
2. religious order; a group living according to a set of rules
3. order of chivalry

Declension

Declension of τάγμα

	singular	plural
nominative	τάγμα (tágma)	τάγματα (tágmata)
genitive	τάγματος (tágmatos)	ταγμάτων (tagmáton)
accusative	τάγμα (tágma)	τάγματα (tágmata)
vocative	τάγμα (tágma)	τάγματα (tágmata)

Further reading

• τάγμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language