μετάταξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μετατάσσω (metatássō, “to transpose”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.tá.tak.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈta.tak.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈta.tak.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈta.tak.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈta.tak.sis/
Noun
μετᾰ́τᾰξῐς • (metắtăxĭs) f (genitive μετᾰτᾰ́ξεως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μετᾰ́τᾰξῐς hē metắtăxĭs |
τὼ μετᾰτᾰ́ξει tṑ metătắxei |
αἱ μετᾰτᾰ́ξεις hai metătắxeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μετᾰτᾰ́ξεως tês metătắxeōs |
τοῖν μετᾰτᾰξέοιν toîn metătăxéoin |
τῶν μετᾰτᾰ́ξεων tôn metătắxeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μετᾰτᾰ́ξει tēî metătắxei |
τοῖν μετᾰτᾰξέοιν toîn metătăxéoin |
ταῖς μετᾰτᾰ́ξεσῐ / μετᾰτᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs metătắxesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μετᾰ́τᾰξῐν tḕn metắtăxĭn |
τὼ μετᾰτᾰ́ξει tṑ metătắxei |
τᾱ̀ς μετᾰτᾰ́ξεις tā̀s metătắxeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μετᾰ́τᾰξῐ metắtăxĭ |
μετᾰτᾰ́ξει metătắxei |
μετᾰτᾰ́ξεις metătắxeis | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μετάταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μετάταξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μετάταξις in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften