ἔκταξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκτᾰ́σσω (ektắssō, “to draw out in battle-order”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ék.tak.sis/ → /ˈek.tak.sis/ → /ˈek.tak.sis/

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

Noun

ἔκτᾰξῐς • (éktăxĭs) f (genitive ἐκτᾰξεως); third declension

1. array of battle
2. expedition
3. disposal, distribution

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔκτᾰξῐς; τῆς ἐκτᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔκτᾰξῐς hē éktăxĭs	τὼ ἐκτᾰ́ξει tṑ ektắxei	αἱ ἐκτᾰ́ξεις hai ektắxeis
Genitive	τῆς ἐκτᾰ́ξεως tês ektắxeōs	τοῖν ἐκτᾰξέοιν toîn ektăxéoin	τῶν ἐκτᾰ́ξεων tôn ektắxeōn
Dative	τῇ ἐκτᾰ́ξει têi ektắxei	τοῖν ἐκτᾰξέοιν toîn ektăxéoin	ταῖς ἐκτᾰ́ξεσῐ / ἐκτᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs ektắxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔκτᾰξῐν tḕn éktăxĭn	τὼ ἐκτᾰ́ξει tṑ ektắxei	τᾱ̀ς ἐκτᾰ́ξεις tā̀s ektắxeis
Vocative	ἔκτᾰξῐ éktăxĭ	ἐκτᾰ́ξει ektắxei	ἐκτᾰ́ξεις ektắxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἔκταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔκταξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔκταξις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἔκταξις in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften