LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

syntaxis

syntaxis f (genitive syntaxis or syntaxeōs or syntaxios)
Classical[synˈtak.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[sinˈtak.sis]

Meaning

  1. femininesyntaxis, syntax
    Quae cum de sermonis proprietatibus praeceperit Valla, vestigia tamen syntaxeos Mediolatinae in eius scriptis cernere possumus non pauca.2001, Terence Tunberg, “De Marco Antonio Mureto Oratore et Gallo et Romano”, in Gilbert Tournoy, editor, Humanistica Lovaniensia: Journal of Neo-Latin Studies, volume L, Leuven University Press, →ISBN, 306, footnote 7:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesyntaxissyntaxēs
syntaxeis
genitivesyntaxis
syntaxeōs, syntaxios		syntaxium
dativesyntaxīsyntaxibus
accusativesyntaxim
syntaxin, syntaxem		syntaxēs
syntaxīs
ablativesyntaxī
syntaxe		syntaxibus
vocativesyntaxis
syntaxi		syntaxēs
syntaxeis

syntaxis, is, f., = σύνταξις,
I. the connection of words, Prisc. 17, 1, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*ksún
  5. Ancient Greek σύν(sún)
  6. Ancient Greek συν-(sun-)
  7. Latinsyntaxis

Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-der. Proto-Hellenic *tat͏̌t͏̌ō Ancient Greek τάσσω (tássō) Ancient Greek συντάσσω (suntássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek σῠ́ντᾰξῐς (sŭ́ntăxĭs)bor. Latin syntaxis Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠ́ντᾰξῐς (sŭ́ntăxĭs, “syntax”), from συντάσσω (suntássō) + -σις (-sis).

In English words that came into English from syntaxis

  • syntaxsyntaxis
  • syntaxissyntaxis

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesSyntaxisSyntaxis (σύνταξις), a contribution, assessment. Under the revived Athenian empire in the 4th century B.C. the PHOROS of the 5th century was euphemist…

Quick answers

What does syntaxis mean in Latin?
syntaxis, a noun, means “syntaxis, syntax”.
What is the genitive of syntaxis?
The genitive singular is syntaxis. syntaxis is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce syntaxis?
In classical Latin, [synˈtak.sɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sinˈtak.sis].
Where does syntaxis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? → Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? → Proto-Hellenic *ksún → Ancient Greek σύν (sún) → Ancient Greek συν- (sun-) → Latin syntaxis.