διάταξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰτᾰ́σσω (diatássō, “to appoint”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.á.tak.sis/ → /ðiˈa.tak.sis/ → /ðiˈa.tak.sis/

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

Noun

δῐᾰ́τᾰξῐς • (diátaxis) f (genitive δῐᾰτᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. disposition, arrangement
2. command

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δῐᾰ́τᾰξῐς; τῆς δῐᾰτᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰ́τᾰξῐς hē diátaxis	τὼ δῐᾰτᾰ́ξει tṑ diatáxei	αἱ δῐᾰτᾰ́ξεις hai diatáxeis
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰτᾰ́ξεως tês diatáxeōs	τοῖν δῐᾰτᾰξέοιν toîn diataxéoin	τῶν δῐᾰτᾰ́ξεων tôn diatáxeōn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰτᾰ́ξει têi diatáxei	τοῖν δῐᾰτᾰξέοιν toîn diataxéoin	ταῖς δῐᾰτᾰ́ξεσῐ / δῐᾰτᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs diatáxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰ́τᾰξῐν tḕn diátaxin	τὼ δῐᾰτᾰ́ξει tṑ diatáxei	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰτᾰ́ξεις tā̀s diatáxeis
Vocative	δῐᾰ́τᾰξῐ diátaxi	δῐᾰτᾰ́ξει diatáxei	δῐᾰτᾰ́ξεις diatáxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: διάταξη (diátaxi)

References

• “διάταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διάταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διάταξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διάταξις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • arrangement idem, page 41.
  • assortment idem, page 47.
  • classiffication idem, page 135.
  • disposal idem, page 237.
  • disposition idem, page 237.
  • order idem, page 578.
  • organisation idem, page 579.
  • systematisation idem, page 851.
• “διάταξις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011