τάξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

τᾰ́σσω (tássō, “I arrange”, “I order”, aorist passive participial stem: τᾰγ-, tag-) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ták.sis/ → /ˈtak.sis/ → /ˈtak.sis/

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

Noun

τᾰ́ξῐς • (táxis) f (genitive τᾰ́ξεως or τᾰ́ξῐος); third declension

1. arrangement, ordering
2. battle array, order of battle
3. (military) rank, line of soldiers
4. post, place, position, rank
5. division, brigade, company, cohort
6. band, company
7. arrangement, disposition, manner, nature
8. assessment
9. order, good order
10. duty
11. order, class

Declension

Third declension of ἡ τᾰ́ξῐς; τῆς τᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τᾰ́ξῐς hē táxis	τὼ τᾰ́ξει tṑ táxei	αἱ τᾰ́ξεις hai táxeis
Genitive	τῆς τᾰ́ξεως tês táxeōs	τοῖν τᾰξέοιν toîn taxéoin	τῶν τᾰ́ξεων tôn táxeōn
Dative	τῇ τᾰ́ξει têi táxei	τοῖν τᾰξέοιν toîn taxéoin	ταῖς τᾰ́ξεσῐ / τᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs táxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν τᾰ́ξῐν tḕn táxin	τὼ τᾰ́ξει tṑ táxei	τᾱ̀ς τᾰ́ξεις tā̀s táxeis
Vocative	τᾰ́ξῐ táxi	τᾰ́ξει táxei	τᾰ́ξεις táxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ τᾰ́ξῐς; τῆς τᾰ́ξῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τᾰ́ξῐς hē táxis	τὼ τᾰ́ξῐε tṑ táxie	αἱ τᾰ́ξῐες hai táxies
Genitive	τῆς τᾰ́ξῐος tês táxios	τοῖν τᾰξῐ́οιν toîn taxíoin	τῶν τᾰξῐ́ων tôn taxíōn
Dative	τῇ τᾰ́ξῑ têi táxī	τοῖν τᾰξῐ́οιν toîn taxíoin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν τᾰ́ξῐσῐ / τᾰ́ξῐσῐν têisi(n) táxisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν τᾰ́ξῐν tḕn táxin	τὼ τᾰ́ξῐε tṑ táxie	τᾱ̀ς τᾰ́ξῑς / τᾰ́ξῐᾰς tā̀s táxīs / táxias
Vocative	τᾰ́ξῐ táxi	τᾰ́ξῐε táxie	τᾰ́ξῐες táxies
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἀνασύντᾰξῐς (anasúntaxis)
• ἀνάτᾰξῐς (anátaxis)
• ἀντιδιάτᾰξῐς (antidiátaxis)
• ἀντιμετάτᾰξῐς (antimetátaxis)
• ἀντιπαράτᾰξῐς (antiparátaxis)
• ἀντίτᾰξῐς (antítaxis)
• ἀπότᾰξῐς (apótaxis)
• διάτᾰξῐς (diátaxis)
• ἔκτᾰξῐς (éktaxis)
• ἔντᾰξῐς (éntaxis)
• ἐπίτᾰξῐς (epítaxis)
• κατάτᾰξῐς (katátaxis)
• μετάτᾰξῐς (metátaxis)
• παράτᾰξῐς (parátaxis)
• παρέντᾰξῐς (paréntaxis)
• προσέντᾰξῐς (proséntaxis)
• πρόστᾰξῐς (próstaxis)
• πρότᾰξῐς (prótaxis)
• συμπαράτᾰξῐς (sumparátaxis)
• σῠ́ντᾰξῐς (súntaxis)
• ὑπέρτᾰξῐς (hupértaxis)
• ὑπότᾰξῐς (hupótaxis)

 

Descendants

• Greek: τάξη (táxi)
• Coptic: ⲧⲁⲝⲓⲥ (taksis)
• Hebrew: תַּכְסִיס (takhsis), טקס, טכס
• Arabic: طقس
• Aramaic: ܛܟܣܐ (taksa), ܛܟܣܝܣ (taksis)

References

• “τάξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τάξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τάξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G5010 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • appointment idem, page 36.
  • arrangement idem, page 41.
  • array idem, page 41.
  • assessment idem, page 45.
  • band idem, page 60.
  • battalion idem, page 65.
  • battle idem, page 65.
  • brigade idem, page 98.
  • class idem, page 135.
  • cohort idem, page 142.
  • company idem, page 150.
  • condition idem, page 157.
  • contingent idem, page 168.
  • corps idem, page 174.
  • degree idem, page 206.
  • department idem, page 211.
  • detachment idem, page 218.
  • discipline idem, page 229.
  • disposal idem, page 237.
  • disposition idem, page 237.
  • division idem, page 244.
  • draft idem, page 249.
  • duty idem, page 257.
  • estate idem, page 283.
  • footing idem, page 334.
  • formation idem, page 339.
  • function idem, page 349.
  • gradation idem, page 369.
  • grade idem, page 369.
  • line idem, page 492.
  • office idem, page 571.
  • order idem, page 578.
  • place idem, page 616.
  • position idem, page 628.
  • post idem, page 629.
  • province idem, page 654.
  • quota idem, page 667.
  • range idem, page 670.
  • rank idem, page 671.
  • regiment idem, page 687.
  • responsibility idem, page 704.
  • set idem, page 756.
  • situation idem, page 780.
  • sphere idem, page 801.
  • squadron idem, page 807.
  • stand idem, page 810.
  • standing idem, page 811.
  • station idem, page 813.
  • status idem, page 813.
  • troop idem, page 896.

Further reading

• Taxis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia