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τάξις

τάξις, τάξις, ἡ, battle-array, order, rank (noun)

τάξις, εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ, (τάσσω)
  • arranging, arrangement:
    • I in military sense:
      • 1 drawing up in rank and file, order or disposition of an army, Th. 5.68 (init.), 7.5, etc.; τὰ ἀμφὶ τάξεις rules for it, tactics, X. An. 2.1.7; τ. καὶ ἀντίταξις Phld. Piet. 12.
      • 2 battle array, order of battle, κατὰ τάξιν Hdt. 8.86; ἐν τάξει Th. 4.72, etc.; ἐς τάξιν καθίστασθαι, ἀνάγειν, ib. 93, Ar. Av. 400 (anap.); ἵνα μὴ διασπασθείη ἡ τ. Th. 5.70; of ships, ἀποπλῶσαι ἐκ τῆς τάξιος Hdt. 6.14.
      • 3 a single rank or line of soldiers, ἐπὶ τάξιας ὀλίγας γίγνεσθαι to be drawn up a few lines deep, ib. 6.111, cf. 9.31; ἐλύθησαν αἱ τ. τῶν Περσῶν Pl. La. 191c.
      • 4 body of soldiers, A. Pers. 298, S. OC 1311; esp. at Athens, the quota of infantry furnished by each φυλή (cf. ταξίαρχος II), Lys. 16.16; but freq. of smaller bodies, company, X. An. 1.2.16, 6.5.11, etc.; ἱππέων τ. ib. 1.8.21; so of ships, squadron, A. Pers. 380: generally, band, company, φιλία γὰρ ἥδε τ., of the chorus, Id. Pr. 128 (lyr.); ἐμφανίσας μοι ἐν ᾗ ἔσομαι τάξει PCair.Zen. 409.6 (iii B.C.).
        • b esp. a contingent of 128 men, Ascl. Tact. 2.8, Arr. Tact. 10.2, Ael. Tact. 9.3.
        • c in late Gr., membership of the militia palatina (cf. ταξεώτης), Lib. Or. 27.17.
      • 5 post or place in the line of battle, ἀξιεύμεθα ταύτης τῆς τ. Hdt. 9.26, cf. 27; ἐν τῇ τ. εἶχε ἑωυτόν Id. 1.82; μένειν ἐν τῇ ἑωυτοῦ τ. Id. 3.158; τ. φυλάξων E. Rh. 664; ἡ τ. φυλακτέα X. Cyr. 5.3.43; ᾗ ἕκαστος τὴν τ. εἶχεν Id. An. 4.3.29; τῆς πρώτης τ. τεταγμένος Lys. 14.11, cf. Th. 5.68 (fin.); ἐκλιπόντας τὴν τ. Hdt. 5.75, cf. 9.21; λείπειν τὴν τ. And. 1.74, Pl. Ap. 29a, D. 13.34, 15.32, Aeschin. 3.159, etc.; παραχωρεῖν τῆς τάξεως D. 3.36, etc.; but ἡγεμὼν ἔξω τάξεων officer on the unattached list, Arch.Pap. 3.188, cf. Sammelb. 599, OGI 69 (Coptos); so οἱ ἔξω τάξεως staff-officers, aides-de-camp, D.S. 19.22.
    • II generally, arrangement, order, ἡμερῶν τ. εἰς μηνῶν περιόδους Pl. Lg. 809d; ἡ τῶν ὅλων τ. X. Cyr. 8.7.22; disposition, τῆς ψυχῆς Gorg. Hel. 14: Rhet., disposition, opp. λέξις, Arist. Rh. 1414a29; ἡ τ. τοῦ λόγου Aeschin. 3.205, cf. D. 18.2, Sor. 1.18, Gal. Libr.Ord. 1; ὕστερον τῇ τ. D. 3.15, cf. Gal. 6.68, 16.533; ἐν τ. εἶναι, = μένειν, Pl. Tht. 153e; τ. καὶ ἠρεμία Arist. EE 1218a23; εἰ τὰ γυμνάσια ἔχοι τὴν τ. ἐνταῦθα Id. Pol. 1331a37; difft. from θέσις or mere position, Id. Ph. 188a24, Thphr. Sens. 60 (θέσεως τ. Gal. 6.194; τ. θέσεως is dub. l. in 16.709); ἡ κατὰ τ. τινὰ βασιλεία, opp. ἀόριστος τυραννίς, Arist. Rh. 1366a2; καὶ τοῦτο κατὰ τ., ἕως . . and so on, until . ., Sor. 2.62.
      • 2 order, regularity, εἰς τ. ἄγειν ἐκ τῆς ἀταξίας Pl. Ti. 30a; τ. καὶ κόσμος Id. Grg. 504a; οὔτε νόμος οὔτε τ. Id. Lg. 875c, cf. R. 587a; τ. περιόδου Epicur. Ep. 2 p.42 U.; διὰ τάξεως γίγνεσθαι Pl. Lg. 780a; τάξιν ἔχειν to be regular, Thphr. HP 3.9.6; ἐν τάξει in an orderly manner, Pl. Lg. 637e; so τάξει SIG 741.12 (Nysa, i B.C., rendering of Lat. ordine).
      • 3 ordinance, κατὰ τὴν τ. τοῦ νόμου Pl. Lg. 925b; παρὰ τὴν τοῦ νομοθέτου τ. Id. Plt. 305c, etc.
        • b prescription, τὴν τοῦ λυσιτελοῦντος τοῖς σώμασι ποιεῖσθαι τ. Id. Plt. 294e; recipe, cj. in PHolm. 2.2.
      • 4 τ. τοῦ φόρου assessment of tribute, X. Ath. 3.5, cf. IG 1(2).63.2, al.; τῶν ὀφειλημάτων περὶ τῆς πράξεως ib. 57.13, cf. Lex ap. D. 24.45; τ. τῆς ὑδρείας a ration of water, Pl. Lg. 844b.
      • 5 political order, constitution, τ. Κρητική, Λακωνική, etc., Arist. Pol. 1271b40, cf. Ath. 3.1, al.
    • III metaph. from I.5, post, rank, position, station, ὑπὸ χθόνα τάξιν ἔχουσα A. Eu. 396 (lyr.); ἡ τῶν ἀκοντιζόντων τ. Antipho 3.2.7; ἰδία τοῦ βίου τ. Isoc. 6.2; ἀνὴρ τῆς πρώτης τ. CIG 2767.4 (Aphrodisias); οἰκέτου τ. D. 18.258, cf. PGnom. 43, 196 (ii A.D.), Mitteis Chr. 372 v 18 (ii A.D.); τ. ἔχοντος ἐν τῷ Μουσείῳ Sammelb. 6674.10 (ii A.D.); ἐν τῇ Θετταλῶν τάξει ranging herself with the T., D. 18.63; ἐν ἐχθροῦ τ. as an enemy, Id. 20.81, etc.; ἐν ἐπηρείας τάξει by way of insult, Id. 18.13; ἀδύνατον εἶχεν τ. occupied an impossible position, i.e. was unthinkable, Hyp. (?) Oxy. 1607.60 [Lyc. fr.]; τὴν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἑλόμενον τάξιν πολιτεύεσθαι championship of your cause, D. 18.138, cf. Ep. 3.15; ἐγὼ τὴν τῆς εὐνοίας τ. . . οὐκ ἔλιπον post of patriotism, Id. 18.173.
    • IV order, class of men, X. Mem. 2.1.7; function, D. 13.19.
      • 2 list, register, ὅπως ταγῇ αὐτοῦ τὸ ὄνομα ἐν τῇ τῶν τετελευτηκότων τ. Sammelb. 7359.15, cf. 7404.6, PSI 9.1064.38, 10.1141.10 (all ii A.D.); ἡ τ. τῶν κατοχίμων PTeb. 318.21 (ii A.D.); τ. λαογράφων PLond. 2.182b2 (ii A.D.).
      • 3 account, ἰδίας τάξεως POxy. 61.8 (iii A.D.), cf. PLond. 3.1107.26, 30 (iii A.D.).
      • 4 payment, ib. 966.3 (iv A.D., cf. Arch.Pap. 4.533).
      • 5 category of land, κατοικικὴ τ. BGU 379.12 (i A.D.), cf. Wilcken Chr. 341.15 (ii A.D.), etc.
    • V reduction of hernia by manipulation, Gal. 14.781.
    • VI degree of heating power in drugs, Id. 11.571, 787, cf. Gorg. Hel. 14.
    • VII treatise, ἐν τῇ ὑστέρᾳ τ. Ps.-Democr. ap. Zos.Alch. p.153 B.
    • VIII fixed point of time, term, κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν ἢ κατά τινα ἄλλην τ. ἢ χρόνον Arist. Pol. 1261a34; end (or perh. date fixed for the end), μέχρι τάξεως αὐτῆς τῆς τρύγης Sammelb. 5810.15 (iv A.D.).

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