παράλλαξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́σσω (părăllắssō, “to cause to alternate”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rál.lak.sis/ → /paˈral.lak.sis/ → /paˈra.lak.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rál.lak.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈral.lak.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈral.lak.sis/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /paˈral.lak.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈra.lak.sis/

Noun

πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐς • (părắllăxĭs) f (genitive πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. (in general) alternation
2. alternating motion
3. change, deviation, mutation
4. change of position
5. (astronomy) parallax

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐς; τῆς πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ἡ πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐςhē părắllăxĭs	τὼ πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξειtṑ părăllắxei	αἱ πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξειςhai părăllắxeis
genitive	τῆς πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεωςtês părăllắxeōs	τοῖν πᾰρᾰλλᾰξέοινtoîn părăllăxéoin	τῶν πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεωνtôn părăllắxeōn
dative	τῇ πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξειtēî părăllắxei	τοῖν πᾰρᾰλλᾰξέοινtoîn părăllăxéoin	ταῖς πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεσῐ / πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεσῐνtaîs părăllắxesĭ(n)
accusative	τὴν πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐνtḕn părắllăxĭn	τὼ πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξειtṑ părăllắxei	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξειςtā̀s părăllắxeis
vocative	πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐpărắllăxĭ	πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξειpărăllắxei	πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξειςpărăllắxeis

• This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: παράλλαξη (parállaxi)
• → Italian: parallasse
• → Middle French: parallaxe
  • French: parallaxe
    • → Turkish: paralaks
  • → English: parallax

Further reading

• “παράλλαξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παράλλαξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “παράλλαξις” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette