ἀταξία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄτακτος (átaktos, “undisciplined, disorderly”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā, “nominal suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tak.sí.aː/ → /a.takˈsi.a/ → /a.takˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tak.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.takˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.takˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.takˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.takˈsi.a/

Noun

ἀταξίᾱ • (ataxíā) f (genitive ἀταξίᾱς); first declension

1. (military) Indiscipline.

   Antonym: εὐταξίᾱ (eutaxíā)

2. (generally) Disorder, confusion.
3. Irregularity.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀταξίᾱ; τῆς ἀταξίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀταξίᾱ hē ataxíā	τὼ ἀταξίᾱ tṑ ataxíā	αἱ ἀταξίαι hai ataxíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀταξίᾱς tês ataxíās	τοῖν ἀταξίαιν toîn ataxíain	τῶν ἀταξιῶν tôn ataxiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀταξίᾳ têi ataxíāi	τοῖν ἀταξίαιν toîn ataxíain	ταῖς ἀταξίαις taîs ataxíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀταξίᾱν tḕn ataxíān	τὼ ἀταξίᾱ tṑ ataxíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀταξίᾱς tā̀s ataxíās
Vocative	ἀταξίᾱ ataxíā	ἀταξίᾱ ataxíā	ἀταξίαι ataxíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: ataxia

References

• “ἀταξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press