ἀταξία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄτακτος (átaktos, “undisciplined, disorderly”) + -ίᾱ (-íā, “nominal suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.tak.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.takˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.takˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.takˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.takˈsi.a/
Noun
ἀταξίᾱ • (ataxíā) f (genitive ἀταξίᾱς); first declension
- (military) Indiscipline.
- Antonym: εὐταξίᾱ (eutaxíā)
- (generally) Disorder, confusion.
- Irregularity.
Inflection
| 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 | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: ataxia
References
- “ἀταξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press