πρόταξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προτάσσω (protássō, “to place in front”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pró.tak.sis/ → /ˈpro.tak.sis/ → /ˈpro.tak.sis/

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

Noun

πρότᾰξῐς • (prótaxis) f (genitive προτᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. posting in front
2. prefixing

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πρότᾰξῐς; τῆς προτᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πρότᾰξῐς hē prótaxis	τὼ προτᾰ́ξει tṑ protáxei	αἱ προτᾰ́ξεις hai protáxeis
Genitive	τῆς προτᾰ́ξεως tês protáxeōs	τοῖν προτᾰξέοιν toîn protaxéoin	τῶν προτᾰ́ξεων tôn protáxeōn
Dative	τῇ προτᾰ́ξει têi protáxei	τοῖν προτᾰξέοιν toîn protaxéoin	ταῖς προτᾰ́ξεσῐ / προτᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs protáxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πρότᾰξῐν tḕn prótaxin	τὼ προτᾰ́ξει tṑ protáxei	τᾱ̀ς προτᾰ́ξεις tā̀s protáxeis
Vocative	πρότᾰξῐ prótaxi	προτᾰ́ξει protáxei	προτᾰ́ξεις protáxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πρόταξη (prótaxi)

Further reading

• “πρόταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πρόταξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette