ἐπίταξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐτᾰ́σσω (epĭtắssō, “to put upon, enjoin”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.tak.sis/ → /eˈpi.tak.sis/ → /eˈpi.tak.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.tak.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.tak.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.tak.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.tak.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.tak.sis/

Noun

ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐς • (epĭ́tăxĭs) f (genitive ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. injunction
   1. assessment
   2. a command, order
2. command
3. (in tactics) station on the flanks

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐς; τῆς ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐς hē epĭ́tăxĭs	τὼ ἐπῐτᾰ́ξει tṑ epĭtắxei	αἱ ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεις hai epĭtắxeis
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεως tês epĭtắxeōs	τοῖν ἐπῐτᾰξέοιν toîn epĭtăxéoin	τῶν ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεων tôn epĭtắxeōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐτᾰ́ξει têi epĭtắxei	τοῖν ἐπῐτᾰξέοιν toîn epĭtăxéoin	ταῖς ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεσῐ / ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs epĭtắxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐν tḕn epĭ́tăxĭn	τὼ ἐπῐτᾰ́ξει tṑ epĭtắxei	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεις tā̀s epĭtắxeis
Vocative	ἐπῐ́τᾰξῐ epĭ́tăxĭ	ἐπῐτᾰ́ξει epĭtắxei	ἐπῐτᾰ́ξεις epĭtắxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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