ἀταραξία

See also: αταραξία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀταραξίη (ataraxíē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ἀτάρακτος (atáraktos) +‎ -ία (-ía). Compare τάραξις (táraxis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ta.rak.sí.aː/ → /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/ → /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ta.rak.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/

Noun

ἀταραξία • (ataraxía) f (genitive ἀταραξίας); first declension

1. tranquility, equanimity, inner peace
   • c. 100, Plutarch, Moralia, 2.101.3:

     Ποῦ τοίνυν τὸ ἡδὺ τῆς κακίας ἐστίν, εἰ μηδαμοῦ τὸ ἀμέριμνον καὶ τὸ ἄλυπον μηδ’ αὐτάρκεια μηδ’ ἀταραξία μηδ’ ἡσυχία?

     Poû toínun tò hēdù tês kakías estín, ei mēdamoû tò amérimnon kaì tò álupon mēd’ autárkeia mēd’ ataraxía mēd’ hēsukhía?

     Where then is the pleasure in vice, if nowhere in it can be found release from grief and strife, nor satisfaction, tranquility, or respite?

   • c. 270, Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers, section 10.82:

     ἡ δὲ ἀταραξία τὸ τούτων πάντων ἀπολελύσθαι

     hē dè ataraxía tò toútōn pántōn apolelústhai

     But peace of mind is being released from all these things

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀταραξίᾱ; τῆς ἀταραξίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀταραξίᾱ hē ataraxíā	τὼ ἀταραξίᾱ tṑ ataraxíā	αἱ ἀταραξίαι hai ataraxíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀταραξίᾱς tês ataraxíās	τοῖν ἀταραξίαιν toîn ataraxíain	τῶν ἀταραξιῶν tôn ataraxiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀταραξίᾳ tēî ataraxíāi	τοῖν ἀταραξίαιν toîn ataraxíain	ταῖς ἀταραξίαις taîs ataraxíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀταραξίᾱν tḕn ataraxíān	τὼ ἀταραξίᾱ tṑ ataraxíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀταραξίᾱς tā̀s ataraxíās
Vocative	ἀταραξίᾱ ataraxíā	ἀταραξίᾱ ataraxíā	ἀταραξίαι ataraxíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• τᾰρᾰχή (tărăkhḗ)

Descendants

• Basque: ataraxia
• Catalan: ataràxia
• English: ataraxia
• French: ataraxie
• Greek: αταραξία f (ataraxía)
• Ido: ataraxio
• Italian: atarassia
• Portuguese: ataraxia
• Romanian: ataraxie
• Spanish: ataraxia

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 (2006–2026)