taxis

See also: Taxus, Taxis, táxis, and taxi's

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).

Pronunciation

enPR: tăkʹsĭs, IPA^(key): /ˈtæksɪs/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -æksɪs

Noun

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taxis (countable and uncountable, plural taxes)

(biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
(medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
Synonym: reduction
(rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
(historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.

Usage notes

Distinguished from tropism in that in a tropism, the organism is not motile, and simply turns or grows towards or away from stimulus (e.g., plants, fungi), while in a taxis, the organism has motility and moves towards or away from stimulus (e.g., bacteria, animals). Distinguished from a kinesis in that a kinesis is non-directional movement, while a taxis is directional.

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Translations

biology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus

Bulgarian: реакция (bg) f (reakcija)
Catalan: taxi (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 趨性 / 趋性 (zh) (qūxìng)
Finnish: taksia (fi)
Greek: τροπισμός (el) m (tropismós)
Hungarian: taxis (hu)
Irish: luadar m
Tagalog: biling
Turkish: taksis, taktizm

medicine, surgery: movement of a body part; resetting

Bulgarian: наместване n (namestvane)
Greek: ανάταξη (el) f (anátaxi)
Hungarian: helyretétel (hu), helyre tevés

Etymology 2

See taxi.

Alternative forms

taxies

Pronunciation

enPR: tăkʹsēz, IPA^(key): /ˈtæksiz/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -æksiz

Noun

taxis

plural of taxi

Verb

taxis

third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi

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taxis

plural of taxi

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taxis

plural of taxi

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taxis m

plural of taxi

Etymology 1

taxi +‎ -s

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtɒksiʃ]
Hyphenation: ta‧xis
Rhymes: -iʃ

Noun

taxis (plural taxisok)

taxi driver, cab driver

Declension

More information Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony), singular ...

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	taxis	taxisok
accusative	taxist	taxisokat
dative	taxisnak	taxisoknak
instrumental	taxissal	taxisokkal
causal-final	taxisért	taxisokért
translative	taxissá	taxisokká
terminative	taxisig	taxisokig
essive-formal	taxisként	taxisokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	taxisban	taxisokban
superessive	taxison	taxisokon
adessive	taxisnál	taxisoknál
illative	taxisba	taxisokba
sublative	taxisra	taxisokra
allative	taxishoz	taxisokhoz
elative	taxisból	taxisokból
delative	taxisról	taxisokról
ablative	taxistól	taxisoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	taxisé	taxisoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	taxiséi	taxisokéi

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Possessive forms of taxis
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	taxisom	taxisaim
2nd person sing.	taxisod	taxisaid
3rd person sing.	taxisa	taxisai
1st person plural	taxisunk	taxisaink
2nd person plural	taxisotok	taxisaitok
3rd person plural	taxisuk	taxisaik

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin taxis, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtɒksiʃ] (directional movement of an organism) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)
IPA^(key): [ˈtɒksis] (manipulation of a body part) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)
Hyphenation: ta‧xis
Rhymes: -iʃ, -is (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Noun

taxis

(biology) taxis (the directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus)
(medicine) taxis (the manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture)

Declension

More information Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony), singular ...

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	taxis	taxisok
accusative	taxist	taxisokat
dative	taxisnak	taxisoknak
instrumental	taxis-szal	taxisokkal
causal-final	taxisért	taxisokért
translative	taxis-szá	taxisokká
terminative	taxisig	taxisokig
essive-formal	taxisként	taxisokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	taxisban	taxisokban
superessive	taxison	taxisokon
adessive	taxisnál	taxisoknál
illative	taxisba	taxisokba
sublative	taxisra	taxisokra
allative	taxishoz	taxisokhoz
elative	taxisból	taxisokból
delative	taxisról	taxisokról
ablative	taxistól	taxisoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	taxisé	taxisoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	taxiséi	taxisokéi

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Possessive forms of taxis
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	taxisom	taxisaim
2nd person sing.	taxisod	taxisaid
3rd person sing.	taxisa	taxisai
1st person plural	taxisunk	taxisaink
2nd person plural	taxisotok	taxisaitok
3rd person plural	taxisuk	taxisaik

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References

[1]
Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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Etymology 1

Noun

taxīs

dative/ablative plural of taxus

Etymology 2

Verb

tāxis

(Old Latin) second-person singular sigmatic future active indicative of tangō

Usage notes

See explanation at tangō.

Verb

tāxīs

(Old Latin) second-person singular sigmatic aorist active subjunctive of tangō

Usage notes

See explanation at tangō.

References

taxis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“taxis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“taxis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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taxis

plural of taxi

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taxis

indefinite genitive singular of taxi

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Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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