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μετάταξις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μετάταξις μετατάξεως

Structure: μεταταξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. change in the order of battle

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὅταν δὲ τὴν περὶ Λεῦκτρα μάχην ἐξηγῆται Θηβαίων καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων ἢ τὴν ἐν Μαντινείᾳ πάλιν τῶν αὐτῶν τούτων, ἐν ᾗ καὶ μετήλλαξε τὸν βίον Ἐπαμινώνδασ, ἐν τούτοισ ἐὰν ἐπὶ τὰ κατὰ μέροσ ἐπιστήσασ τισ θεωρῇ τὰσ ἐκτάξεισ καὶ μετατάξεισ τὰσ κατ’ αὐτοὺσ τοὺσ κινδύνουσ, γελοῖοσ φαίνεται καὶ παντελῶσ ἄπειροσ καὶ ἀόρατοσ τῶν τοιούτων ὤν. (Polybius, Histories, book 12, chapter 25f 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. change in the order of battle

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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