ἐπίταξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐτᾰ́σσω (epitássō, “to put upon, enjoin”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.tak.sis/ → /eˈpi.tak.sis/ → /eˈpi.tak.sis/

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

Noun

ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐς • (epítaxis) f (genitive ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. injunction
   1. assessment
   2. a command, order
2. command
3. (in tactics) station on the flanks

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐς; τῆς ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐς hē epítaxis	τὼ ἐπῐτᾰ́ξει tṑ epitáxei	αἱ ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεις hai epitáxeis
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεως tês epitáxeōs	τοῖν ἐπῐτᾰξέοιν toîn epitaxéoin	τῶν ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεων tôn epitáxeōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐτᾰ́ξει têi epitáxei	τοῖν ἐπῐτᾰξέοιν toîn epitaxéoin	ταῖς ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεσῐ / ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs epitáxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐν tḕn epítaxin	τὼ ἐπῐτᾰ́ξει tṑ epitáxei	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεις tā̀s epitáxeis
Vocative	ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐ epítaxi	ἐπῐτᾰ́ξει epitáxei	ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεις epitáxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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