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τάξις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τᾰ́σσω (tắssō, “I arrange”, “I order”, aorist passive participial stem: τᾰγ-, tag-) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ták.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtak.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtak.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtak.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtak.sis/
Noun
τᾰ́ξῐς • (tắxĭs) f (genitive τᾰ́ξεως or τᾰ́ξῐος); third declension
- arrangement, ordering
- battle array, order of battle
- (military) rank, line of soldiers
- post, place, position, rank
- division, brigade, company, cohort
- band, company
- arrangement, disposition, manner, nature
- assessment
- order, good order
- duty
- order, class
Declension
Derived terms
- ἀνασύντᾰξῐς (anasúntăxĭs)
- ἀνάτᾰξῐς (anátăxĭs)
- ἀντιδιάτᾰξῐς (antidiátăxĭs)
- ἀντιμετάτᾰξῐς (antimetátăxĭs)
- ἀντιπαράτᾰξῐς (antiparátăxĭs)
- ἀντίτᾰξῐς (antítăxĭs)
- ἀπότᾰξῐς (apótăxĭs)
- διάτᾰξῐς (diátăxĭs)
- ἔκτᾰξῐς (éktăxĭs)
- ἔντᾰξῐς (éntăxĭs)
- ἐπίτᾰξῐς (epítăxĭs)
- κατάτᾰξῐς (katátăxĭs)
- μετάτᾰξῐς (metátăxĭs)
- παράτᾰξῐς (parátăxĭs)
- παρέντᾰξῐς (paréntăxĭs)
- προσέντᾰξῐς (proséntăxĭs)
- πρόστᾰξῐς (próstăxĭs)
- πρότᾰξῐς (prótăxĭs)
- συμπαράτᾰξῐς (sumparátăxĭs)
- σῠ́ντᾰξῐς (sŭ́ntăxĭs)
- ὑπέρτᾰξῐς (hupértăxĭs)
- ὑπότᾰξῐς (hupótăxĭs)
Descendants
- Greek: τάξη (táxi)
- Coptic: ⲧⲁⲝⲓⲥ (taksis)
- Hebrew: תַּכְסִיס (takhsís), טֶקֶס (tékes)
- Arabic: طَقْس (ṭaqs)
- Aramaic: (Jewish Palestinian Aramaic) טכסא, טקסיס, (Christian Palestinian Aramaic) ܛܟܣܐ, ܛܟܣܝܣ, (Palmyrene) 𐡨𐡪𐡯𐡩𐡯 (ṭksys)
- Classical Syriac: ܛܲܟ݂ܣܵܐ (ṭaḵsā), ܛܲܟ݂ܣܝܼܣ (ṭaḵsīs)
References
- “τάξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τάξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τάξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G5010 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- appointment idem, page 36.
- arrangement idem, page 41.
- array idem, page 41.
- assessment idem, page 45.
- band idem, page 60.
- battalion idem, page 65.
- battle idem, page 65.
- brigade idem, page 98.
- class idem, page 135.
- cohort idem, page 142.
- company idem, page 150.
- condition idem, page 157.
- contingent idem, page 168.
- corps idem, page 174.
- degree idem, page 206.
- department idem, page 211.
- detachment idem, page 218.
- discipline idem, page 229.
- disposal idem, page 237.
- disposition idem, page 237.
- division idem, page 244.
- draft idem, page 249.
- duty idem, page 257.
- estate idem, page 283.
- footing idem, page 334.
- formation idem, page 339.
- function idem, page 349.
- gradation idem, page 369.
- grade idem, page 369.
- line idem, page 492.
- office idem, page 571.
- order idem, page 578.
- place idem, page 616.
- position idem, page 628.
- post idem, page 629.
- province idem, page 654.
- quota idem, page 667.
- range idem, page 670.
- rank idem, page 671.
- regiment idem, page 687.
- responsibility idem, page 704.
- set idem, page 756.
- situation idem, page 780.
- sphere idem, page 801.
- squadron idem, page 807.
- stand idem, page 810.
- standing idem, page 811.
- station idem, page 813.
- status idem, page 813.
- troop idem, page 896.
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