taxis
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taxis (countable and uncountable, plural taxes)
- (biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
- (medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
- Synonym: reduction
- (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
- arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
- (historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.
Usage notes edit
Distinguished from tropism in that in a tropism, the organism is not motile, and simply turns or grows towards or away from stimulus (e.g., plants, fungi), while in a taxis, the organism has motility and moves towards or away from stimulus (e.g., bacteria, animals). Distinguished from a kinesis in that a kinesis is non-directional movement, while a taxis is directional.
Derived terms edit
- aerotaxis
- anataxis
- anemotaxis
- barotaxis
- chemotaxis
- chronotaxis
- clinotaxis
- cytotaxis
- electrotaxis
- fluxotaxis
- galvanotaxis
- geotaxis
- gravitaxis
- gyrotaxis
- haptotaxis
- heliotaxis
- hemotaxis
- heterotaxis
- homotaxis
- hydrotaxis
- hypotaxis
- infotaxis
- klinotaxis
- leukotaxis
- ligamentotaxis
- magnetotaxis
- mechanotaxis
- mnemotaxis
- odortaxis
- oxytaxis
- parataxis
- phobotaxis
- phonotaxis
- phototaxis
- phyllotaxis
- rhizotaxis
- scototaxis
- stereotaxis
- telotaxis
- thermotaxis
- thigmotaxis
- tropotaxis
Translations edit
biology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
medicine, surgery: movement of a body part; resetting
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See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
See taxi.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taxis
Verb edit
taxis
- third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi
Asturian edit
Noun edit
taxis
Catalan edit
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taxis
French edit
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Audio (file)
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taxis m
Hungarian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taxis (plural taxisok)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | taxis | taxisok |
accusative | taxist | taxisokat |
dative | taxisnak | taxisoknak |
instrumental | taxissal | taxisokkal |
causal-final | taxisért | taxisokért |
translative | taxissá | taxisokká |
terminative | taxisig | taxisokig |
essive-formal | taxisként | taxisokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | taxisban | taxisokban |
superessive | taxison | taxisokon |
adessive | taxisnál | taxisoknál |
illative | taxisba | taxisokba |
sublative | taxisra | taxisokra |
allative | taxishoz | taxisokhoz |
elative | taxisból | taxisokból |
delative | taxisról | taxisokról |
ablative | taxistól | taxisoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
taxisé | taxisoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
taxiséi | taxisokéi |
Possessive forms of taxis | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | taxisom | taxisaim |
2nd person sing. | taxisod | taxisaid |
3rd person sing. | taxisa | taxisai |
1st person plural | taxisunk | taxisaink |
2nd person plural | taxisotok | taxisaitok |
3rd person plural | taxisuk | taxisaik |
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Latin taxis, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taxis
- (biology) taxis (the directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus)
- (medicine) taxis (the manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | taxis | taxisok |
accusative | taxist | taxisokat |
dative | taxisnak | taxisoknak |
instrumental | taxis-szal | taxisokkal |
causal-final | taxisért | taxisokért |
translative | taxis-szá | taxisokká |
terminative | taxisig | taxisokig |
essive-formal | taxisként | taxisokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | taxisban | taxisokban |
superessive | taxison | taxisokon |
adessive | taxisnál | taxisoknál |
illative | taxisba | taxisokba |
sublative | taxisra | taxisokra |
allative | taxishoz | taxisokhoz |
elative | taxisból | taxisokból |
delative | taxisról | taxisokról |
ablative | taxistól | taxisoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
taxisé | taxisoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
taxiséi | taxisokéi |
Possessive forms of taxis | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | taxisom | taxisaim |
2nd person sing. | taxisod | taxisaid |
3rd person sing. | taxisa | taxisai |
1st person plural | taxisunk | taxisaink |
2nd person plural | taxisotok | taxisaitok |
3rd person plural | taxisuk | taxisaik |
References edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
taxīs
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tāxis
- (Old Latin) second-person singular sigmatic future active indicative of tangō
Usage notes edit
See explanation at tangō.
Verb edit
tāxīs
- (Old Latin) second-person singular sigmatic aorist active subjunctive of tangō
Usage notes edit
See explanation at tangō.
References edit
- taxis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “taxis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “taxis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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taxis
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taxis