ἀταραξία
See also: αταραξία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́η (ătărăxĭ́ē) — Ionic
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τᾰ́ρᾰξῐς (tắrăxĭs, “confusion”) + -ᾱ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ta.rak.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/
Noun
ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ • (ătărăxĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- impassiveness, coolness, calmness
- Diogenes Laërtius 10.82
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Τοῦ μεγάλου Ἱπποκράτους πάντων τῶν ἰατρῶν κορυφαίου τὰ εὑρισκόμενα. Magni Hippocratis medicorum omnium facile principis, opera omnia quæ extant. 28.45
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ hē ătărăxĭ́ā |
τὼ ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ tṑ ătărăxĭ́ā |
αἱ ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́αι hai ătărăxĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱς tês ătărăxĭ́ās |
τοῖν ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́αιν toîn ătărăxĭ́ain |
τῶν ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐῶν tôn ătărăxĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾳ tēî ătărăxĭ́āi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́αιν toîn ătărăxĭ́ain |
ταῖς ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́αις taîs ătărăxĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱν tḕn ătărăxĭ́ān |
τὼ ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ tṑ ătărăxĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ătărăxĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ ătărăxĭ́ā |
ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ ătărăxĭ́ā |
ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́αι ătărăxĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Antonyms
- τᾰρᾰχή (tărăkhḗ)
Descendants
References
- “ἀταραξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀταραξία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀταραξία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)