ἄτακτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, “not, without”) + τάσσω (tássō, “draw up in order of battle, form, array, marshal”) + -τος (-tos, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.tak.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.tak.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.tak.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.tak.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.tak.tos/
Adjective
ἄτακτος • (átaktos) m or f (neuter ἄτακτον); second declension
- (military) (of troops) Not in battle-order.
- Not at one's post.
- Undisciplined, disorderly; irregular; casual.
- (of sensual excess) Irregular, inordinate.
- (music) Without rhythm.
- (medicine) Irregular.
- Uncivilized, lawless.
- (mathematics) Indeterminate, not admitting of a definite solution.
Inflection
Second declension of ἄτακτος; ἄτακτον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἄτακτος átaktos | ἄτακτον átakton | ἀτάκτω atáktō | ἀτάκτω atáktō | ἄτακτοι átaktoi | ἄτακτᾰ átakta | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀτάκτου atáktou | ἀτάκτου atáktou | ἀτάκτοιν atáktoin | ἀτάκτοιν atáktoin | ἀτάκτων atáktōn | ἀτάκτων atáktōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀτάκτῳ atáktōi | ἀτάκτῳ atáktōi | ἀτάκτοιν atáktoin | ἀτάκτοιν atáktoin | ἀτάκτοις atáktois | ἀτάκτοις atáktois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἄτακτον átakton | ἄτακτον átakton | ἀτάκτω atáktō | ἀτάκτω atáktō | ἀτάκτους atáktous | ἄτακτᾰ átakta | ||||||||
Vocative | ἄτακτε átakte | ἄτακτον átakton | ἀτάκτω atáktō | ἀτάκτω atáktō | ἄτακτοι átaktoi | ἄτακτᾰ átakta | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀτάκτως atáktōs | ἀτακτότερος ataktóteros | ἀτακτότᾰτος ataktótatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- ἄτακτος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press