ἔκταξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκτᾰ́σσω (ektássō, “to draw out in battle-order”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ék.tak.sis/ → /ˈek.tak.sis/ → /ˈek.tak.sis/

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

Noun

ἔκτᾰξῐς • (éktaxis) f (genitive ἐκτᾰξεως); third declension

1. array of battle
2. expedition
3. disposal, distribution

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔκτᾰξῐς; τῆς ἐκτᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔκτᾰξῐς hē éktaxis	τὼ ἐκτᾰ́ξει tṑ ektáxei	αἱ ἐκτᾰ́ξεις hai ektáxeis
Genitive	τῆς ἐκτᾰ́ξεως tês ektáxeōs	τοῖν ἐκτᾰξέοιν toîn ektaxéoin	τῶν ἐκτᾰ́ξεων tôn ektáxeōn
Dative	τῇ ἐκτᾰ́ξει têi ektáxei	τοῖν ἐκτᾰξέοιν toîn ektaxéoin	ταῖς ἐκτᾰ́ξεσῐ / ἐκτᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs ektáxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔκτᾰξῐν tḕn éktaxin	τὼ ἐκτᾰ́ξει tṑ ektáxei	τᾱ̀ς ἐκτᾰ́ξεις tā̀s ektáxeis
Vocative	ἔκτᾰξῐ éktaxi	ἐκτᾰ́ξει ektáxei	ἐκτᾰ́ξεις ektáxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἔκταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔκταξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔκταξις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἔκταξις in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften