2. not at one's post, Lycurg.39.
II. undisciplined, disorderly, “θόρυβος” Th.8.10; “ποιεῖν τὴν πολιτείαν ἀτακτοτέραν” Arist.Pol.1319b15; irregular, “πυρετός” Hp. Coac.26; “οὐδὲν ἄ. τῶν φύσει” Arist.Ph.252a11; “φθορὰ ἄ.” casual, Id.HA 556a12; of sensual excess, irregular, inordinate, ἡδοναί, Ἀφροδίτη, Pl.Lg.660b,840e; in Music, without rhythm, “μελῳδίαι” Aristid.Quint. 1.13; Medic., irregular, “σφυγμός” Gal.8.458.
3. Math., “ἄτακτα προβλήματα” indeterminate, not admitting of a definite solution, Procl.in Euc.p.220 F.
B. Adv. -τως in an irregular, disorderly manner, of troops, “ἀ. καὶ οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ προσπίπτοντες” Th.3.108; “ἀ. διώκειν” Id.2.91; “ἀτακτότερον προσπεσόντες” Id.6.97, cf. X.Cyr.1.4.22, Hell.Oxy.6.4; “ἀ. φέρεσθαι” Isoc.1.32; “οὐθὲν ἀ. θεῷ πράττεται” Epicur.Ep.3p.65U.
3. Comp. “ἀτακτοτέρως” somewhat negligently, Demetr.Eloc.53.