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τάξις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τάξις τάξεως

Structure: ταξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ta/ssw

Sense

  1. arrangement, ordering
  2. battle array, order of battle
  3. (military) rank, line of soldiers
  4. post, place, position, rank
  5. division, brigade, company, cohort
  6. band, company
  7. arrangement, disposition, manner, nature
  8. assessment
  9. order, good order
  10. duty
  11. order, class

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

  • ὑμᾶσ δὲ βάντασ χρὴ προταινὶ τάξεων φρουρεῖν ἐγερτὶ καὶ νεῶν κατάσκοπον δέχθαι Δόλωνα· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:23)
  • ποῖ δὴ λιπόντεσ Τρωικῶν ἐκ τάξεων χωρεῖτε, λύπῃ καρδίαν δεδηγμένοι, εἰ μὴ κτανεῖν σφῷν Ἕκτορ’ ἢ Πάριν θεὸσ δίδωσιν; (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:1)
  • ὅδ’ ἐγγὺσ ἧσται κοὐ συνήθροισται στρατῷ, ἀλλ’ ἐκτὸσ αὐτὸν τάξεων κατηύνασεν Ἕκτωρ, ἑώσ ἂν νὺξ ἀμείψηται φάοσ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:11)
  • τίνι προσεικάσω, ὅστισ δι’ ὄρφνησ ἦλθ’ ἀδειμάντῳ ποδὶ διά τε τάξεων καὶ φυλάκων ἕδρασ; (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, strophe 14)
  • τοσόνδε μέντοι συμβουλεύσαιμ̓ ἂν τῷ στρατηγῷ, ἐκ τοῦ παντὸσ πλήθουσ τῆσ στρατιᾶσ τοσούτουσ ἐσ τὰσ μάχασ ἐξαγαγεῖν, ὁπόσοι ἐπιτήδειοι ἔσονται πρὸσ τὰσ μεταβολάσ τε τῶν τάξεων καὶ τὰσ μετακινήσεισ, οἱο͂ν διπλασιασμοὺσ καὶ πολυπλασιασμοὺσ καὶ πτύξεισ καὶ ἐξελιγμοὺσ ἢ εἰ δή τινεσ ἄλλαι μεταβολαὶ τάξεων. (Arrian, chapter 9 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. arrangement

  2. battle array

  3. rank

  4. post

  5. band

  6. arrangement

  7. assessment

  8. order

  9. duty

  10. order

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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