τάραξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τᾰρᾰ́σσω (tarássō) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tá.rak.sis/ → /ˈta.rak.sis/ → /ˈta.rak.sis/

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

Noun

τᾰ́ρᾰξῐς • (táraxis) f (genitive τᾰρᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. trouble, confusion

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ τᾰ́ρᾰξῐς; τῆς τᾰρᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τᾰ́ρᾰξῐς hē táraxis	τὼ τᾰρᾰ́ξει tṑ taráxei	αἱ τᾰρᾰ́ξεις hai taráxeis
Genitive	τῆς τᾰρᾰ́ξεως tês taráxeōs	τοῖν τᾰρᾰξέοιν toîn taraxéoin	τῶν τᾰρᾰ́ξεων tôn taráxeōn
Dative	τῇ τᾰρᾰ́ξει têi taráxei	τοῖν τᾰρᾰξέοιν toîn taraxéoin	ταῖς τᾰρᾰ́ξεσῐ / τᾰρᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs taráxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν τᾰ́ρᾰξῐν tḕn táraxin	τὼ τᾰρᾰ́ξει tṑ taráxei	τᾱ̀ς τᾰρᾰ́ξεις tā̀s taráxeis
Vocative	τᾰ́ρᾰξῐ táraxi	τᾰρᾰ́ξει taráxei	τᾰρᾰ́ξεις taráxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (trouble, confusion): ταραχή (tarakhḗ)

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ (ataraxíā)

References

• “τάραξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τάραξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • commotion idem, page 149.
  • confusion idem, page 159.