παράλλαξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́σσω (parallássō, “to cause to alternate”) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.rál.lak.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈral.lak.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈral.lak.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈral.lak.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈra.lak.sis/
Noun
πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐς • (parállaxis) f (genitive πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεως); third declension
- (in general) alternation
- alternating motion
- change, deviation, mutation
- change of position
- (astronomy) parallax
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐς hē parállaxis |
τὼ πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξει tṑ paralláxei |
αἱ πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεις hai paralláxeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεως tês paralláxeōs |
τοῖν πᾰρᾰλλᾰξέοιν toîn parallaxéoin |
τῶν πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεων tôn paralláxeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξει têi paralláxei |
τοῖν πᾰρᾰλλᾰξέοιν toîn parallaxéoin |
ταῖς πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεσῐ / πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs paralláxesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐν tḕn parállaxin |
τὼ πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξει tṑ paralláxei |
τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεις tā̀s paralláxeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐ parállaxi |
πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξει paralláxei |
πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́ξεις paralláxeis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: παράλλαξη (parállaxi)
- → Italian: parallasse
- → Middle French: parallaxe
Further reading
- “παράλλαξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παράλλαξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- παράλλαξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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