# τάξις
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

τᾰ́σσω (tássō, “I arrange”, “I order”, aorist passive participial stem: τᾰγ-, tag-) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ták.sis/ → /ˈtak.sis/ → /ˈtak.sis/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ták.sis/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈtak.sis/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈtak.sis/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈtak.sis/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈtak.sis/

### Noun

τᾰ́ξῐς • (táxis) f (genitive τᾰ́ξεως or τᾰ́ξῐος); third declension
* arrangement, ordering
* battle array, order of battle
* (military) rank, line of soldiers
* post, place, position, rank
* division, brigade, company, cohort
* band, company
* arrangement, disposition, manner, nature
* assessment
* order, good order
* duty
* order, class

#### Derived terms

* ἀνασύντᾰξῐς (anasúntaxis)
* ἀνάτᾰξῐς (anátaxis)
* ἀντιδιάτᾰξῐς (antidiátaxis)
* ἀντιμετάτᾰξῐς (antimetátaxis)
* ἀντιπαράτᾰξῐς (antiparátaxis)
* ἀντίτᾰξῐς (antítaxis)
* ἀπότᾰξῐς (apótaxis)
* διάτᾰξῐς (diátaxis)
* ἔκτᾰξῐς (éktaxis)
* ἔντᾰξῐς (éntaxis)
* ἐπίτᾰξῐς (epítaxis)
* κατάτᾰξῐς (katátaxis)
* μετάτᾰξῐς (metátaxis)
* παράτᾰξῐς (parátaxis)
* παρέντᾰξῐς (paréntaxis)
* προσέντᾰξῐς (proséntaxis)
* πρόστᾰξῐς (próstaxis)
* πρότᾰξῐς (prótaxis)
* συμπαράτᾰξῐς (sumparátaxis)
* σῠ́ντᾰξῐς (súntaxis)
* ὑπέρτᾰξῐς (hupértaxis)
* ὑπότᾰξῐς (hupótaxis)

#### Descendants

* Greek: τάξη (táxi)
* Coptic: ⲧⲁⲝⲓⲥ (taksis)
* Hebrew: תַּכְסִיס (takhsís), טֶקֶס (tékes)
* Arabic: طَقْس (ṭaqs)
* Aramaic: (Jewish Palestinian Aramaic) טכסא, טקסיס, (Christian Palestinian Aramaic) ܛܟܣܐ, ܛܟܣܝܣ, (Palmyrene) 𐡨𐡪𐡯𐡩𐡯 (ṭksys)
* Classical Syriac: ܛܲܟ݂ܣܵܐ (ṭaḵsā), ܛܲܟ݂ܣܝܼܣ (ṭaḵsīs)

### References

* “τάξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “τάξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* τάξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* G5010 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. appointment idem, page 36.arrangement idem, page 41.array idem, page 41.assessment idem, page 45.band idem, page 60.battalion idem, page 65.battle idem, page 65.brigade idem, page 98.class idem, page 135.cohort idem, page 142.company idem, page 150.condition idem, page 157.contingent idem, page 168.corps idem, page 174.degree idem, page 206.department idem, page 211.detachment idem, page 218.discipline idem, page 229.disposal idem, page 237.disposition idem, page 237.division idem, page 244.draft idem, page 249.duty idem, page 257.estate idem, page 283.footing idem, page 334.formation idem, page 339.function idem, page 349.gradation idem, page 369.grade idem, page 369.line idem, page 492.office idem, page 571.order idem, page 578.place idem, page 616.position idem, page 628.post idem, page 629.province idem, page 654.quota idem, page 667.range idem, page 670.rank idem, page 671.regiment idem, page 687.responsibility idem, page 704.set idem, page 756.situation idem, page 780.sphere idem, page 801.squadron idem, page 807.stand idem, page 810.standing idem, page 811.station idem, page 813.status idem, page 813.troop idem, page 896.

### Further reading

* Taxis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia