ἐπίταξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπῐτᾰ́σσω (epĭtắssō, “to put upon, enjoin”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.tak.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.tak.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.tak.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.tak.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.tak.sis/
Noun
ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐς • (epĭ́tăxĭs) f (genitive ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεως); third declension
- injunction
- command
- (in tactics) station on the flanks
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐς hē epĭ́tăxĭs |
τὼ ἐπῐτᾰ́ξει tṑ epĭtắxei |
αἱ ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεις hai epĭtắxeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεως tês epĭtắxeōs |
τοῖν ἐπῐτᾰξέοιν toîn epĭtăxéoin |
τῶν ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεων tôn epĭtắxeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐπῐτᾰ́ξει tēî epĭtắxei |
τοῖν ἐπῐτᾰξέοιν toîn epĭtăxéoin |
ταῖς ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεσῐ / ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs epĭtắxesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐν tḕn epĭ́tăxĭn |
τὼ ἐπῐτᾰ́ξει tṑ epĭtắxei |
τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεις tā̀s epĭtắxeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐ epĭ́tăxĭ |
ἐπῐτᾰ́ξει epĭtắxei |
ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεις epĭtắxeis | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἐπίταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπίταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐπίταξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette