παράλλαξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́σσω (parallássō, “to cause to alternate”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rál.lak.sis/ → /paˈral.lak.sis/ → /paˈra.lak.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rál.lak.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈral.lak.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈral.lak.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈral.lak.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈra.lak.sis/

Noun

πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐς • (parállaxis) f (genitive πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. (in general) alternation
2. alternating motion
3. change, deviation, mutation
4. change of position
5. (astronomy) parallax

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐς; τῆς πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐς hē parállaxis	τὼ πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξει tṑ paralláxei	αἱ πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεις hai paralláxeis
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεως tês paralláxeōs	τοῖν πᾰρᾰλλᾰξέοιν toîn parallaxéoin	τῶν πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεων tôn paralláxeōn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξει têi paralláxei	τοῖν πᾰρᾰλλᾰξέοιν toîn parallaxéoin	ταῖς πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεσῐ / πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs paralláxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐν tḕn parállaxin	τὼ πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξει tṑ paralláxei	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεις tā̀s paralláxeis
Vocative	πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐ parállaxi	πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξει paralláxei	πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεις paralláxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: παράλλαξη (parállaxi)
• → Italian: parallasse
• → Middle French: parallaxe
  • French: parallaxe
    • → Turkish: paralaks
  • → English: parallax

Further reading

• “παράλλαξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παράλλαξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παράλλαξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette