παράταξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρατάσσω (paratássō, “to place side by side”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rá.tak.sis/ → /paˈra.tak.sis/ → /paˈra.tak.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rá.tak.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈra.tak.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.tak.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.tak.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈra.tak.sis/

Noun

πᾰρᾰ́τᾰξῐς • (parátaxis) f (genitive πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. a placing side by side
2. marshaling, line of battle
   1. front rank of the phalanx

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πᾰρᾰ́τᾰξῐς; τῆς πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρᾰ́τᾰξῐς hē parátaxis	τὼ πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξει tṑ paratáxei	αἱ πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεις hai paratáxeis
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεως tês paratáxeōs	τοῖν πᾰρᾰτᾰξέοιν toîn parataxéoin	τῶν πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεων tôn paratáxeōn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξει têi paratáxei	τοῖν πᾰρᾰτᾰξέοιν toîn parataxéoin	ταῖς πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεσῐ / πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs paratáxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρᾰ́τᾰξῐν tḕn parátaxin	τὼ πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξει tṑ paratáxei	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεις tā̀s paratáxeis
Vocative	πᾰρᾰ́τᾰξῐ parátaxi	πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξει paratáxei	πᾰρᾰτᾰ́ξεις paratáxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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.
  • battle idem, page 65.
  • formation idem, page 339.
  • intrigue idem, page 455.
  • line idem, page 492.
  • marshalling idem, page 515.
  • order idem, page 578.
  • rank idem, page 671.