tactics
tactics
subs.
P. τὰ τακτικά (Xen.).
Generalship: P. τὰ στρατηγούμενα.
Way of fighting: P. μάχη, ἡ (Xen.).
Generally, statagem: P. and V. τέχναι, αἱ, μηχά̆νημα, τό, μηχᾰναί, αἱ.
Intrigue: P. παρασκευή, ἡ.
subs.
P. τὰ τακτικά (Xen.).
Generalship: P. τὰ στρατηγούμενα.
Way of fighting: P. μάχη, ἡ (Xen.).
Generally, statagem: P. and V. τέχναι, αἱ, μηχά̆νημα, τό, μηχᾰναί, αἱ.
Intrigue: P. παρασκευή, ἡ.
TACTICS
Military res militaris. He made many improvements in military tactics multa in re militari partim nova attulit partim meliora fecit (Nep.).
Figuratively ars: modus: ratio agendi.
Military res militaris. He made many improvements in military tactics multa in re militari partim nova attulit partim meliora fecit (Nep.).
Figuratively ars: modus: ratio agendi.
tactics: expr. by ordo, ĭnis, m. (military arrangement, discipline): or by res mīlĭtāris (all that has to do with the art of war): he introduced many changes in t., some of which were novelties, some improvements, multa in re militari partim nova attulit, partim meliora fecit, Nep. Iphic. 1, 2: as the principles and method of t. required, ut r. m. ratio atque ordo postulabat, Caes. B. G. 2, 22: cf. 2, 19. As the title of a work, "De Re Militari" (Vegetius) = "On t.s": he speaks of t.s as armorum disciplina, 1, praef.: also belli, bellandi ratio: Caesar thought that he must wholly change his t., Caesar omnem sibi commutandam belli rationem existimavit, Caes. B. C. 3, 73, init.: in a new kind of warfare new t. were invented, in novo genere belli novae bellandi rationes reperiebantur, ib. 3, 50: the whole science of t., omnes belli, militiae, artes, Liv. 25, 40, ad med.; id. 25, 37, ad init.: t.s, ars bellica, Pl. Epid. 3, 4, 14: military training had assumed the form of a science (i. e. , t.) regulated by settled principles, disciplina militaris in artis perpetuis praeceptis ordinatae modum venerat, Liv. 9, 17, ad med. Fig.: if these t. shall seem hazardous to you, si haec rei gerendae ratio periculosa tibi videbitur, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6.