τάραξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τᾰρᾰ́σσω (tărắssō) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tá.rak.sis/ → /ˈta.rak.sis/ → /ˈta.rak.sis/

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

Noun

τᾰ́ρᾰξῐς • (tắrăxĭs) f (genitive τᾰρᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. trouble, confusion

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ τᾰ́ρᾰξῐς; τῆς τᾰρᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τᾰ́ρᾰξῐς hē tắrăxĭs	τὼ τᾰρᾰ́ξει tṑ tărắxei	αἱ τᾰρᾰ́ξεις hai tărắxeis
Genitive	τῆς τᾰρᾰ́ξεως tês tărắxeōs	τοῖν τᾰρᾰξέοιν toîn tărăxéoin	τῶν τᾰρᾰ́ξεων tôn tărắxeōn
Dative	τῇ τᾰρᾰ́ξει têi tărắxei	τοῖν τᾰρᾰξέοιν toîn tărăxéoin	ταῖς τᾰρᾰ́ξεσῐ / τᾰρᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs tărắxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν τᾰ́ρᾰξῐν tḕn tắrăxĭn	τὼ τᾰρᾰ́ξει tṑ tărắxei	τᾱ̀ς τᾰρᾰ́ξεις tā̀s tărắxeis
Vocative	τᾰ́ρᾰξῐ tắrăxĭ	τᾰρᾰ́ξει tărắxei	τᾰρᾰ́ξεις tărắxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (trouble, confusion): ταραχή (tarakhḗ)

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ (ătărăxĭ́ā)

References

• “τάραξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τάραξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • commotion idem, page 149.
  • confusion idem, page 159.