τάξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τᾰ́σσω (tắssō, “I arrange”, “I order”, aorist passive participial stem: τᾰγ-, tag-) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ták.sis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.sis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.sis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.sis/
(15^th 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

Third declension of ἡ τᾰ́ξῐς; τῆς τᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τᾰ́ξῐς hē tắxĭs	τὼ τᾰ́ξει tṑ tắxei	αἱ τᾰ́ξεις hai tắxeis
Genitive	τῆς τᾰ́ξεως tês tắxeōs	τοῖν τᾰξέοιν toîn tăxéoin	τῶν τᾰ́ξεων tôn tắxeōn
Dative	τῇ τᾰ́ξει tēî tắxei	τοῖν τᾰξέοιν toîn tăxéoin	ταῖς τᾰ́ξεσῐ / τᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs tắxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν τᾰ́ξῐν tḕn tắxĭn	τὼ τᾰ́ξει tṑ tắxei	τᾱ̀ς τᾰ́ξεις tā̀s tắxeis
Vocative	τᾰ́ξῐ tắxĭ	τᾰ́ξει tắxei	τᾰ́ξεις tắxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ τᾰ́ξῐς; τῆς τᾰ́ξῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τᾰ́ξῐς hē tắxĭs	τὼ τᾰ́ξῐε tṑ tắxĭe	αἱ τᾰ́ξῐες hai tắxĭes
Genitive	τῆς τᾰ́ξῐος tês tắxĭos	τοῖν τᾰξῐ́οιν toîn tăxĭ́oin	τῶν τᾰξῐ́ων tôn tăxĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ τᾰ́ξῑ tēî tắxī	τοῖν τᾰξῐ́οιν toîn tăxĭ́oin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν τᾰ́ξῐσῐ / τᾰ́ξῐσῐν tēîsĭ(n) tắxĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν τᾰ́ξῐν tḕn tắxĭn	τὼ τᾰ́ξῐε tṑ tắxĭe	τᾱ̀ς τᾰ́ξῑς / τᾰ́ξῐᾰς tā̀s tắxīs / tắxĭăs
Vocative	τᾰ́ξῐ tắxĭ	τᾰ́ξῐε tắxĭe	τᾰ́ξῐες tắxĭes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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^[1], 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.