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ἐπί-ταγμα , ατος, τό,
A.injunction, command, SIG22.6 (pl., Epist. Darei), etc.; “τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου ἐ.” Pl.R.359a ; “ἐ. ἐπιτάξαι” Aeschin.1.3; “ἐξ ἐπιταγμάτων” And.3.11; “ἐξ ἐπιτάγματος” D.19.185 ; κατ᾽ ἐπίταγμα, = κατ᾽ ἐπιταγήν (cf. “ἐπιταγή” 2), IG3.163,209; “τυραννικὸν ἐ.” Pl.Lg. 722e, cf. Hyp.Dem.Fr.5, Arist.Pol.1292a20 ; τὰ ἐ. the orders or demands of a courtesan, D.59.29.
2. condition of a treaty, Plb. 1.31.5.
3. Math., ποιεῖν τὸ ἐ. satisfy the required conditions, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.2,al.
b. problem, τά τε θεωρήματα καὶ τὰ ἐ. χρείαν ἔχοντα εἰς.. Id.Con.Sph.Praef.; subdivision of a problem, Papp.644.9, etc.
4. tribute, Lyd.Mens.3.23 (pl.).
II. reserve or subsidiary force, Plb.5.53.5, Plu.Pomp.69.
2. detachment of 8,192 ψιλοί,=two στίφη, Ascl.Tact.6.3, etc.
b. detachment of 4,096 cavalry,=two τέλη, ib.7.11, etc., cf.PGrenf.1.18.6 (ii B.C.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Aeschines, Against Timarchus, 3
    • Andocides, On the Peace, 11
    • Demosthenes, On the False Embassy, 185
    • Demosthenes, Against Neaera, 29
    • Plato, Laws, 722e
    • Plato, Republic, 359a
    • Polybius, Histories, 1.31.5
    • Polybius, Histories, 5.53.5
    • Plutarch, Pompey, 69
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