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τάξις , εως, Ion. ιος, , (τάσσω)
A.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 ἀντίταξιςPhld.Piet.12.
3. a single rank or line of soldiers, ἐπὶ τάξιας ὀλίγας γίγνεσθαι to be drawn up a few lines deep, ib.111, cf. 9.31; “ἐλύθησαν αἱ τ. τῶν ΠερσῶνPl.La.191c.
4. body of soldiers, A.Pers.298, S.OC1311; esp. at Athens, the quota of infantry furnished by each φυλή (cf. “ταξίαρχος11), 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 ἔσομαι τάξειPCair.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.
II. generally, arrangement, order, “ἡμερῶν τ. εἰς μηνῶν περιόδουςPl.Lg.809d; τῶν ὅλων τ. X.Cyr.8.7.22; disposition, “τῆς ψυχῆςGorg.Hel.14: Rhet., disposition, opp. λέξις, Arist.Rh.1414a29; “ τ. τοῦ λόγουAeschin.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 ἠρεμίαArist.EE1218a23; “εἰ τὰ γυμνάσια ἔχοι τὴν τ. ἐνταῦθαId.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); 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 ἀταξίαςPl.Ti.30a; “τ. καὶ κόσμοςId.Grg.504a; οὔτε νόμος οὔτε τ. Id.Lg.875c, cf. R.587a; “τ. περιόδουEpicur.Ep.2p.42U.; “διὰ τάξεως γίγνεσθαιPl.Lg.780a; τάξιν ἔχειν to be regular, Thphr. HP3.9.6; ἐν τάξει in an orderly manner, Pl.Lg.637e; so “τάξειSIG741.12 (Nysa, i B.C., rendering of Lat. ordine).
4. τ. τοῦ φόρου assessment of tribute, X.Ath.3.5, cf. IG12.63.2, 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 1.5, post, rank, position, station, “ὑπὸ χθόνα τάξιν ἔχουσαA.Eu. 396 (lyr.); τῶν ἀκοντιζόντων τ. Antipho 3.2.7; ἰδία τοῦ βίου τ. Isoc. 6.2; ἀνὴρ τῆς πρώτης τ. CIG2767.4 (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 ΜουσείῳSammelb.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; 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, PSI9.1064.38, 10.1141.10 (all ii A.D.); “ τ. τῶν κατοχίμωνPTeb.318.21 (ii A.D.); “τ. λαογράφωνPLond.2.182b2 (ii A.D.).
3. account, “ἰδίας τάξεωςPOxy.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. BGU379.12 (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, “κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸν κατά τινα ἄλλην τ. χρόνονArist.Pol.1261a34; end (or perh. date fixed for the end), “μέχρι τάξεως αὐτῆς τῆς τρύγηςSammelb.5810.15 (iv A.D.).
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