ἀταραξία

See also: αταραξία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́η (ătărăxĭ́ē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ τᾰ́ρᾰξῐς (tắrăxĭs, “confusion”) +‎ -ᾱ (-ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ta.rak.sí.aː/ → /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/ → /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ta.rak.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ta.rakˈsi.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ • (ătărăxĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. impassiveness, coolness, calmness
   • Diogenes Laërtius 10.82
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.101B
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Τοῦ μεγάλου Ἱπποκράτους πάντων τῶν ἰατρῶν κορυφαίου τὰ εὑρισκόμενα. Magni Hippocratis medicorum omnium facile principis, opera omnia quæ extant. 28.45

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ hē ătărăxĭ́ā	τὼ ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ tṑ ătărăxĭ́ā	αἱ ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́αι hai ătărăxĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱς tês ătărăxĭ́ās	τοῖν ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́αιν toîn ătărăxĭ́ain	τῶν ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐῶν tôn ătărăxĭôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾳ têi ătărăxĭ́āi	τοῖν ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́αιν toîn ătărăxĭ́ain	ταῖς ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́αις taîs ătărăxĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱν tḕn ătărăxĭ́ān	τὼ ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ tṑ ătărăxĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ătărăxĭ́ās
Vocative	ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ ătărăxĭ́ā	ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́ᾱ ătărăxĭ́ā	ᾰ̓τᾰρᾰξῐ́αι ătărăxĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• τᾰρᾰχή (tărăkhḗ)

Descendants

• Basque: ataraxia
• Catalan: ataràxia
• English: ataraxia
• French: ataraxie
• Greek: αταραξία f (ataraxía)
• Ido: ataraxio
• Italian: atarassia
• Portuguese: ataraxia
• Romanian: ataraxie
• Spanish: ataraxia

References

• “ἀταραξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀταραξία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀταραξία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)