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παρατάσσω, to place side by side, draw up in battle-order

παρατάσσω, Att. παρατάττω,
  • place or post side by side, draw up in battle-order, Hdt. 9.31, Th. 7.3, X. HG 1.1.33, etc.: also c. inf., τοὺς φρουροὺς παρέταξε φυλάττειν τὸ τεῖχος drew them up with orders to guard . ., ib. 4.5.11:—Med., in prop. sense, draw up oneʼs men in battle-order, ib. 7.5.23 codd.; of ships, π. μετεώρους Th. 1.52; post by oneʼs side, αὐτὸς αὑτῷ με παρετάξατο Isoc. 19.38; αὐτοῖς π. τὰ παιδικὰ εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα X. Smp. 8.34:—Med. and Pass., draw up or be drawn up beside, τῶν ὁπλιτέων οἳ παρατετάχατο παρὰ τὴν ἀκτήν Hdt. 8.95; παραταχθεὶς ἐν μάχῃ πλουσίῳ Pl. R. 556d; to be drawn up in battle-order, ἑκατέρωθεν παρατεταγμένοι Th. 4.32, cf. 43, etc.; παραταξάμενοι τοῖς πολεμίοις against . ., Isoc. 12.92; ὡς παρετάξαντο ἀλλήλοις X. HG 4.3.5; παρατάξασθαι πρὸς τὰς δυνάμεις Isoc. 4.96; πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους Plb. 2.1.8; ἐπί τινα App. BC 5.22: abs., stand side by side in battle, οἱ παρατεταγμένοι Th. 4.96, cf. Ar. V. 1123, X. HG 3.4.23; παραταξάμενοι ἐναυμάχησαν in order of battle, Th. 1.29, cf. X. Cyr. 5.3.5; μὰ . . τοὺς ἐν Πλαταιαῖς παραταξαμένους D. 18.208.
      • 2 Med. and Pass., stand prepared, παρατετάχθαι πρὸς τὸ ἀποκρίνεσθαι Pl. Prt. 333e; πρὸς τὰ κακά Epicur. Fr. 489: c. inf., refuse obstinately, π. μὴ ἐπινεύειν Arr. Epict. 1.5.3, cf. M.Ant. 8.48.
    • II set side by side, compare, Isoc. 11.7.

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