τάγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τάσσω (tássō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /táŋ.ma/ → /ˈtaɣ.ma/ → /ˈtaɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /táŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɣ.ma/

Noun

τάγμᾰ • (tágma) n (genitive τάγμᾰτος); third declension

1. command, order
2. arrangement
3. body of soldiers, division, brigade

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τᾰ́γμᾰ; τοῦ τᾰ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τᾰ́γμᾰ tò tágma	τὼ τᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ tágmate	τᾰ̀ τᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà tágmata
Genitive	τοῦ τᾰ́γμᾰτος toû tágmatos	τοῖν τᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn tagmátoin	τῶν τᾰγμᾰ́των tôn tagmátōn
Dative	τῷ τᾰ́γμᾰτῐ tôi tágmati	τοῖν τᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn tagmátoin	τοῖς τᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / τᾰ́γμᾰσῐν toîs tágmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τᾰ́γμᾰ tò tágma	τὼ τᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ tágmate	τᾰ̀ τᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà tágmata
Vocative	τᾰ́γμᾰ tágma	τᾰ́γμᾰτε tágmate	τᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tágmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σύνταγμα (súntagma)

Descendants

• Greek: τάγμα (tágma)
• Greek: τάμα (táma)

Further reading

• “τάγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τάγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τάγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek τάγμα (tágma). Doublet of τάμα (táma).

Noun

τάγμα • (tágma) n (plural τάγματα)

1. battalion (army unit)
2. religious order; a group living according to a set of rules
3. order of chivalry

Declension

Declension of τάγμα

	singular	plural
nominative	τάγμα •	τάγματα •
genitive	τάγματος •	ταγμάτων •
accusative	τάγμα •	τάγματα •
vocative	τάγμα •	τάγματα •

Further reading

• “τάγμα”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998