ταραχώδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ταραχή (tarakhḗ, “disorder, confusion”) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ta.ra.kʰɔ̌ː.dɛːs/ → /ta.raˈxo.ðis/ → /ta.raˈxo.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ta.ra.kʰɔ̌ː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ta.raˈkʰo.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.raˈxo.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.raˈxo.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.raˈxo.ðis/

Adjective

τᾰρᾰχώδης • (tărăkhṓdēs) m or f (neuter τᾰρᾰχώδες); third declension

1. troublesome, turbulent
2. uncertain, baffling
3. troubled, disordered
4. confused

Declension

Third declension of τᾰρᾰχώδης; τᾰρᾰχῶδες (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τᾰρᾰχώδης tărăkhṓdēs	τᾰρᾰχῶδες tărăkhôdes		τᾰρᾰχώδει tărăkhṓdei	τᾰρᾰχώδει tărăkhṓdei		τᾰρᾰχώδεις tărăkhṓdeis	τᾰρᾰχώδη tărăkhṓdē
Genitive		τᾰρᾰχώδους tărăkhṓdous	τᾰρᾰχώδους tărăkhṓdous		τᾰρᾰχώδοιν tărăkhṓdoin	τᾰρᾰχώδοιν tărăkhṓdoin		τᾰρᾰχώδων tărăkhṓdōn	τᾰρᾰχώδων tărăkhṓdōn
Dative		τᾰρᾰχώδει tărăkhṓdei	τᾰρᾰχώδει tărăkhṓdei		τᾰρᾰχώδοιν tărăkhṓdoin	τᾰρᾰχώδοιν tărăkhṓdoin		τᾰρᾰχώδεσῐ / τᾰρᾰχώδεσῐν tărăkhṓdesĭ(n)	τᾰρᾰχώδεσῐ / τᾰρᾰχώδεσῐν tărăkhṓdesĭ(n)
Accusative		τᾰρᾰχώδη tărăkhṓdē	τᾰρᾰχῶδες tărăkhôdes		τᾰρᾰχώδει tărăkhṓdei	τᾰρᾰχώδει tărăkhṓdei		τᾰρᾰχώδεις tărăkhṓdeis	τᾰρᾰχώδη tărăkhṓdē
Vocative		τᾰρᾰχῶδες tărăkhôdes	τᾰρᾰχῶδες tărăkhôdes		τᾰρᾰχώδει tărăkhṓdei	τᾰρᾰχώδει tărăkhṓdei		τᾰρᾰχώδεις tărăkhṓdeis	τᾰρᾰχώδη tărăkhṓdē
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τᾰρᾰχώδως tărăkhṓdōs			τᾰρᾰχωδέστερος tărăkhōdésteros			τᾰρᾰχωδέστᾰτος tărăkhōdéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: ταραχώδης (tarachódis) (learned)

Further reading

• ταραχώδης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ταραχώδης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ταραχώδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bewildering idem, page 77.
  • boisterous idem, page 88.
  • chaotic idem, page 124.
  • confusing idem, page 159.
  • disorderly idem, page 236.
  • obstreperous idem, page 567.
  • restless idem, page 705.
  • riotous idem, page 716.
  • topsy-turvy idem, page 881.
  • tumultuous idem, page 900.
  • turbulent idem, page 901.
  • unruly idem, page 930.
  • unsettled idem, page 931.
  • uproarious idem, page 939.
  • violent idem, page 953.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ταραχώδης (tarakhṓdēs). By surface analysis, ταραχή (tarachí) +‎ -ώδης (-ódis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ɾaˈxo.ðis/
• Hyphenation: τα‧ρα‧χώ‧δης

Adjective

ταραχώδης • (tarachódis) m (feminine ταραχώδης, neuter ταραχώδες)

1. tumultuous, turbulent (period, life, etc.)

   Synonym: πολυτάραχος (polytárachos)

Declension

Declension of ταραχώδης

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ταραχώδης (tarachódis)	ταραχώδης (tarachódis)	ταραχώδες (tarachódes)		ταραχώδεις (tarachódeis)	ταραχώδεις (tarachódeis)	ταραχώδη (tarachódi)
genitive	ταραχώδους (tarachódous) ταραχώδη (tarachódi)	ταραχώδους (tarachódous)	ταραχώδους (tarachódous)		ταραχωδών (tarachodón)	ταραχωδών (tarachodón)	ταραχωδών (tarachodón)
accusative	ταραχώδη (tarachódi)	ταραχώδη (tarachódi)	ταραχώδες (tarachódes)		ταραχώδεις (tarachódeis)	ταραχώδεις (tarachódeis)	ταραχώδη (tarachódi)
vocative	ταραχώδη (tarachódi) ταραχώδης (tarachódis)	ταραχώδης (tarachódis)	ταραχώδες (tarachódes)		ταραχώδεις (tarachódeis)	ταραχώδεις (tarachódeis)	ταραχώδη (tarachódi)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο ταραχώδης, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο ταραχώδης, etc.)

Related terms

• see: ταραχή f (tarachí)