παράταξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παρατάσσω (paratássō, “to place side by side”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.rá.tak.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈra.tak.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈra.tak.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈra.tak.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈra.tak.sis/
Noun
πᾰρᾰ́τᾰξῐς • (părắtăxĭs) f (genitive πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεως); third declension
- a placing side by side
- marshaling, line of battle
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πᾰρᾰ́τᾰξῐς hē părắtăxĭs |
τὼ πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξει tṑ părătắxei |
αἱ πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεις hai părătắxeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεως tês părătắxeōs |
τοῖν πᾰρᾰτᾰξέοιν toîn părătăxéoin |
τῶν πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεων tôn părătắxeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξει tēî părătắxei |
τοῖν πᾰρᾰτᾰξέοιν toîn părătăxéoin |
ταῖς πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεσῐ / πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs părătắxesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πᾰρᾰ́τᾰξῐν tḕn părắtăxĭn |
τὼ πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξει tṑ părătắxei |
τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεις tā̀s părătắxeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰρᾰ́τᾰξῐ părắtăxĭ |
πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξει părătắxei |
πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεις părătắxeis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → French: parataxe
- Greek: παράταξη (parátaxi)
Further reading
- “παράταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παράταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- παράταξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.