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

 

Adjective

ἄτακτος • (átaktos) m or f (neuter ἄτακτον); second declension

  1. (military) (of troops) Not in battle-order.
    1. Not at one's post.
  2. Undisciplined, disorderly; irregular; casual.
    1. Irregular, inordinate. (of sensual excess)
    2. (music) Without rhythm.
    3. (medicine) Irregular.
    4. Uncivilized, lawless.
    5. (mathematics) Indeterminate, not admitting of a definite solution.

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