A.posting of additional troops on the wings of a phalanx, Ael.Tact.24.3, Arr.Tact.20.3.
II. ordinance, command, Pl.Lg.631d (pl.), 673c; προστάξεις προστάττοντες ἀνίσους ib.761e; τινὶ τὴν πρόσταξιν ποιεῖσθαι to command him, Arist.Top.103a35, cf. Lys.2.1; “ἐκ προστάξεως τοῦ κυρίου μου κτλ.” POxy.1204.7 (iii A. D.), cf. 1252r.19 (iii A. D.); requisition, “τὴν π. ταῖς πόλεσιν ἑκατὸν νεῶν τῆς ναυπηγίας ἐποιοῦντο” Th.8.3.
III. at Athens, ἄτιμοι κατὰ προστάξεις citizens deprived of their rights in certain specified particulars (opp. παντάπασιν ἄτιμοι), And.1.75.