ἄτακτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not, without”) +‎ τάσσω (tássō, “draw up in order of battle, form, array, marshal”) +‎ -τος (-tos, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.tak.tos/ → /ˈa.tak.tos/ → /ˈa.tak.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.tak.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tak.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tak.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tak.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tak.tos/

Adjective

ἄτακτος • (átaktos) m or f (neuter ἄτακτον); second declension

1. (military) (of troops) Not in battle-order.
   1. Not at one's post.
2. Undisciplined, disorderly; irregular; casual.
   1. Irregular, inordinate. (of sensual excess)
   2. (music) Without rhythm.
   3. (medicine) Irregular.
   4. Uncivilized, lawless.
   5. (mathematics) Indeterminate, not admitting of a definite solution.

Inflection

Second declension of ἄτακτος; ἄτακτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄτακτος átaktos	ἄτακτον átakton		ἀτάκτω atáktō	ἀτάκτω atáktō		ἄτακτοι átaktoi	ἄτακτᾰ átakta
Genitive		ἀτάκτου atáktou	ἀτάκτου atáktou		ἀτάκτοιν atáktoin	ἀτάκτοιν atáktoin		ἀτάκτων atáktōn	ἀτάκτων atáktōn
Dative		ἀτάκτῳ atáktōi	ἀτάκτῳ atáktōi		ἀτάκτοιν atáktoin	ἀτάκτοιν atáktoin		ἀτάκτοις atáktois	ἀτάκτοις atáktois
Accusative		ἄτακτον átakton	ἄτακτον átakton		ἀτάκτω atáktō	ἀτάκτω atáktō		ἀτάκτους atáktous	ἄτακτᾰ átakta
Vocative		ἄτακτε átakte	ἄτακτον átakton		ἀτάκτω atáktō	ἀτάκτω atáktō		ἄτακτοι átaktoi	ἄτακτᾰ átakta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀτάκτως atáktōs			ἀτακτότερος ataktóteros			ἀτακτότᾰτος ataktótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἄτακτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press