τέταγμαι

τάσσω

draw up in order of battle: perf ind mp 1st sg

τάσσω, A.Ag. 332, etc.; [dialect] Att. [suff] τάρφ-ττω Pl.Prt. 262e, etc.: [tense] fut.

A

τάξω A. Th. 285

, etc.: [tense] aor.

ἔταξα Id.Supp. 986

, etc.: [tense] pf.

τέτᾰχα X.Oec.4.5

, ([etym.] συν-) Pl.Lg. 625c: [tense] plpf.

ἐτετάχει Plb.5.65.7

:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. τάξομαι (in pass. sense) LXX Ex.29.43: [tense] aor.

ἐταξάμην Hdt.3.13

, Th.2.83, etc.:— [voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

ταχθήσομαι D.S.11.41

, ([etym.] ἐπι-) Th.1.140, etc.; later τᾰγήσομαι ([etym.] ἐν-) Orib.8.1, ([etym.] ὑπο-) 1 Ep.Cor.15.28; 3fut.

τετάξομαι E.IT 1046

, Th.5.71, Ar.Av. 637: [tense] aor.

ἐτάχθην A.Eu. 279

, etc.; later ἐτάγην [ᾰ] SIG708.9 (Istropolis, ii B.C.), Plu.2.965e, Perict. ap. Stob.4.25.50, etc.: [tense] pf.

τέταγμαι Pi.O.2.30

, etc.; [ per.] 3pl.

τετάχαται Th.3.13

, ([etym.] ἀντι-) X. An.4.8.5: [ per.] 3pl. [tense] plpf.

ἐτετάχατο Th.5.6

, 7.4:—draw up in order of battle, form, array, marshal, both of troops and ships,

τὴν στρατιήν Hdt.1.191

;

τοὺς ὁπλίτας Th.4.9

;

νεῶν στῖφος ἐν στίχοις τρισίν A.Pers. 366

;

πολεμίων στίχας E.Heracl. 676

;

τ. εἰς μάχην στρατιάν X.Cyr.1.6.43

: abs., Isoc.18.47:—[voice] Pass., to be drawn up,

ἐς μάχην Hdt.1.80

;

οὐδένα κόσμον ταχθέντες Id.9.69

; ἐπὶ τεττάρων ταχθῆναι in four lines, X. An.1.2.15; ἐπὶ μιᾶς, of ships, Id.HG1.6.29;

ἐπὶ κέρως Eub.67.4

; κατὰ μίαν ναῦν τεταγμένοι in line, Th.2.84; ἐπὶ ὀκτώ, of troops, Id.6.67: abs., τεταγμένοι in rank and file, Id.2.81 (so metaph., τὸ ἐν τῷ τεταγμένῳ ὄν the rank and file, opp. Senators and Equites, D.C.49.12); στράτευμα τεταγμένον, opp. ἄτακτον, X.Mem.3.1.7:—[voice] Med., fall in, form in order of battle, freq. in Th., 1.48, 4.11, etc.;

ὡς ἐς μάχην 2.20

; ἐτάξαντο κύκλον τῶν νεῶν formed in a circle, ib.83, cf. 3.78;

ἐτάξαντο οὐ πάντες ὁμοίως 5.68

;

εἴκοσι ναυσὶ ἐτάξαντο 3.77

(but in 2.90 trans., ἐπὶ τεσσάρων ταξάμενοι τὰς ναῦς having drawn up their ships in four lines, cf. E.Heracl. 664).

2 post, station,

τὰς καμήλους ἀντία τῆς ἵππου Hdt.1.80

, cf. E.Ph. 749; τινὰς ἐπί τινας one group against another, X.Cyr.2.1.9 (but τ. τινὰ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἱππέας set him over them, to command them, Id.HG3.4.20); ἑαυτὸν ὑμῖν τάξαι παρέσχεν for enrolment, Lys.31.9, cf. Lycurg.43:—[voice] Pass., to be posted or stationed,

τῇ οὐδεὶς ἐτέτακτο Hdt.1.84

, cf.A.Pers. 381;

ἐς τὸ ὄρος Hdt.7.212

; but ἐς τὸ πεζόν or ἐς π. τετάχθαι to serve among the infantry, ib.21,81; ἐς τὸν ναυτικὸν στρατὸν -θέντες ib. 203: c. gen., τῆς πρώτης τάξεως (or simply τῆς πρώτης)

τεταγμένος Lys.14.11

, 16.15: c. acc. cogn.,

τάξιν τινὰ ταχθῆναι Pl.Phdr. 247a

, etc.;

δεξιὸν τεταγμένους κέρας E.Supp. 657

: freq. folld. by Preps. (cf. infr. 11.1, etc.), ταχθῆναι or τετάχθαι ἐπί τινα or τινας against another, Th.3.78, etc.; ἐπί τινι or τισι A.Th. 448, Th.2.70, 3.13, etc.; also, to be posted at a place,

ἐφ' ἑπτὰ πύλαις ταχθέντες ἴσοι πρὸς ἴσους S.Ant. 142

(anap.); ἐπ' εὐωνύμῳ κέρατι on the left wing, X.Oec.4.19;

ἐπὶ τοῦ λαιοῦ κέρως Plb.1.34.4

; τ. κατά τινα over against.., Hdt.8.85, X.An.2.3.19; τ. μετά τινα behind him.., Id.HG7.2.4 (so

ἐπί τινι Id.Lac.13.7

); μετά τινος with him, by his side, Plb.2.67.2, etc., cf. Th.2.63;

σύν τινι X.An.3.2.17

, etc.;

παρὰ τὸν ποταμόν Hdt.9.15

; περὶ τὸ Ἥραιον ib.69;

ἀμφὶ τὴν Κέον Id.8.76

.

II appoint to any service, military or civil, the latter being metaph. from the former,

ἄρχοντας X.HG7.1.24

; τινὰ ἐπί τινι Id.Cyr.8.6.17, D.17.20, etc.;

ἐπὶ τὰς πράξεις Isoc.5.151

, cf. Pl.Ly. 209b, etc.;

ἀξιῶ σε τάξαι με ἐπί τινος PCair.Zen.447.3

(iii B.C.): also τ. ἑαυτὸν ἐπί τι undertake a task, Pl.R. 371c, D.8.71, etc.;

πρός τι X. Mem.2.4.6

:—[voice] Pass.,

οἱ τεταγμένοι βραβῆς S.El. 709

, cf. 759;

πρέσβεις ταχθέντες D.19.69

; τετάχθαι ἐπί τινι to be appointed to a service, Hdt. 1.191, 2.38, A.Pers. 298, E. Ion 1040, X.Cyr.4.6.1;

ἐπί τι Ar.Av. 637

, X.Cyr.1.4.24, etc.; also

ἐπί τινος Hdt.5.109

( ἐπ' οὗ, v.l. ὅκου), D.10.46;

τὸν ἐπὶ τῆς σφαγῆς τεταγμένον Plu.Cleom.38

, cf. Plb.3.12.5; ὁ πρὸς τοῖς γράμμασι τεταγμένος secretary, Id.15.27.7; οἱ πρὸς ταῖς φυλακαῖς (tolls) τετ. PCair.Zen.31.15 (iii B.C.).

2 c. acc. et inf., appoint or order one to do or be,

τάττετ' ἐμὲ ἡγεῖσθαι X.An.3.1.25

, cf. Cyr.7.3.1, Hdt.3.25, S.OC 639, E.Hec. 223, etc.:—[voice] Pass.,

μοῖρα ἡ ταχθεῖσα.. φρουρέειν Hdt.4.133

, cf. 8.13, A.Eu. 279, 639, etc.;

τασσόμενος πορεύεσθαι X.Cyr.4.5.11

, etc.; τοῦτο τετάγμεθα (sc. ποιεῖν) E.Alc.49; also

τεταγμένος κίοι A.Supp. 504

; ὁ ἐπ' Αἴγυπτον ταχθείς (sc. κῆρυξ) ordered to Egypt, Hdt.3.62, cf. 68, 6.48.

3 also τ. τινί c. inf., Id.2.124, X.Cyr.1.5.5, etc.: impers., ἴωμεν.., ἵν' ἡμῖν τέτακται (sc. ἰέναι) S.Ph. 1181 (lyr.);

οἷς ἐτέτακτο παραβοηθεῖν Th.3.22

;

τοῖς δὲ ἕπεσθαι τέτακται X.Lac.11.6

: also with inf. omitted, κόσμον φυλάσσουσ' ὅντιν' ἂν τάξῃ πόλις (sc. φυλάσσειν) E.Supp. 245, cf. 460, Hel. 1390, etc.

4 assign to a duty or class of dutiful persons,

ἐν πᾶσιν ἐμαυτὸν ἔταττον D.18.221

; εἰς ὑπηρετικὴν αὑτοὺς τ. Pl.Plt. 289e;

πρός τινας τάξαι αὑτόν Din.3.18

;

σὺν ἐμοὶ τ. σεαυτήν D.H.8.47

;

τ. ἐμαυτὸν εἰς τάξιν τινά X.Mem.2.8

; τινὰς εἰς τοὺς ἀρχικούς ib.7; εἰς τὴν δουλείαν ἐμαυτόν ib.11; τ. ἑαυτόν τινων εἶναι range oneself with.., D. 19.302:—[voice] Pass., πρὸς τὴν ξυμμαχίαν ταχθῆναι to join it, Th.3.86.

III c. acc. rei, place in a certain order or relative position, χωρὶς ἑκάτερα τ. Hdt.7.36; τίνα μέσον τάξω λόγον; E.El. 908; πρῶτον καὶ τελευταῖον τὸ κάλλιστον τ. X.Mem.3.1.9;

τὰ τυφλὰ τοῦ σώματος καὶ ἄοπλα ἐναντία τάττειν τοῖς πολεμίοις Id.Cyr.3.3.45

;

τοὺς πόδας [τοῦ ἐμβρύου] κατ' εὐθὺ τοῦ στομίου τῆς ὑστέρας τάσσειν Sor.2.60

;

μὴ κατὰ ἄνεμον τῶν οἰκημάτων τάττειν τὴν ἅλω Gp.2.26.1

; τάξας.. ἀπὸ μὲν δύσεως μίαν θυρίδα φωτὸς ἕνεκεν ib.14.6.6; [

κηρίας] τὴν μεσότητα τάσσειν ὑπὸ τὸ γένειον PMed.Lond.155ii 29

, cf. Sor.Fasc.25. al.;

εἰς ταὐτὸ τ. τὴν εὐτυχίαν τῇ εὐδαιμονίᾳ Arist.EN 1099b7

; Λυδοὺς.. πρὸς ἅπαντας range over against, Pl.Plt. 262e;

τὴν σοφιστικὴν περὶ τὸ μὴ ὂν ἔταξεν Arist.Metaph. 1026b15

, cf. Top. 125b21; c. inf., [

Ὅμηρον] ἐν τοῖς.. σοφωτάτοις εἶναι τάττομεν Aeschin.1.142

;

οὐκ εὐλόγως τὸ τοιοῦτον σημεῖον ἐν τοῖς φρενιτικοῖς τάττει Gal.16.521

, cf. 18(2).238; τ. τι ἐπί τινος apply a term to a certain sense, Ath.1.21a:—[voice] Pass.,

τετάχθαι κατά τινος D.H.2.48

;

ἔμπροσθεν τ. τινός Pl.Lg. 631d

, cf. X. Mem.3.1.7, etc.

b with an inf. and Adj., lay down, rule to be so and so,

ἅπερ ἂν.. αἰσχρὰ εἶναι καὶ κακὰ τάττῃ Pl.Lg. 728a

;

τά τε δίκαια ταχθέντ' εἶναι καὶ ἄδικα Id.Plt. 305b

.

2 ordain, prescribe,

τ. τὰ περὶ τὰ τέκνα Arist.Pol. 1262b6

: abs., ὁ νόμος οὕτω τ. Pl.La. 199a;

οὕτω τ. ὁ λόγος Arist.EN 1119b17

:—[voice] Pass.,

τὸ ταττόμενον Ar.Ec. 766

;

τὸ ταχθὲν τελεῖν S.Aj. 528

;

τὰ τεταγμένα X.Cyr.1.2.5

, etc.; τὰ τετ. ἄγειν the things appointed to them for conveying, ib.8.5.4;

τῆς τροφῆς ἡ βελτίστη τέτακται τοῖς ἐλευθέροις Arist.GA 744b18

; ἐν τῷ τεταγμένῳ εἶναι to be fulfilling one's obligations, IG12.57.47, 22.116.48, X. Cyr.6.2.37.

3 of taxes or payments, assess,

τὸν φόρον ταῖς πόλεσι And.4.11

, cf. Aeschin.2.23, D.23.209;

ταῖσδε ἔταξαν οἱ τάκται IG12.218.45

; so

τ. τῷ ναύτῃ δραχμήν X.HG1.5.4

: with inf. added,

χρήματα τοῖς πᾶσι τάξαντες φέρειν Th.1.19

, etc. ([voice] Pass.,

φόρον ἐτάχθησαν φέρειν Hdt.3.97

); τάσσειν ἀργυρίου πολλοῦ fix a high price, Th.4.26:—[voice] Pass.,

τὸ ταχθὲν τίμημα Pl.R. 551b

;

εἰσφέρειν τὸ τεταγμένον Arist.Pol. 1272a14

:—[voice] Med., take a payment on oneself, i.e. agree to pay it,

φόρον τάξασθαι Hdt.3.13

, 4.35;

χρήματα ἀποδοῦναι ταξάμενοι Th.1.101

; χρήματα ταξάμενοι κατὰ χρόνους ἀποδοῦναι agreeing to pay by instalments, ib. 117, cf. 3.70;

πόλεις αὐταὶ ταξάμεναι IG12.212.72

, cf. 211 vi 6; also

τάξασθαι ἐς τὴν δωρεήν Hdt.3.97

(but also, much like [voice] Act., ἐτάξατο φόρους οἱ προσιέναι ib.89).

b [voice] Med., generally, agree upon, settle,

ταξαμένους.. δέχεσθαι μισθὸν τῆς φυλακῆς Pl.R. 416e

;

τὰς τιμάς Id.Lg. 743e

, cf. 844b, 844c, al.;

τέταγμαι ποιμέσιν, οἵ μοι δώσουσιν τιμήν PMich.Zen.56.19

(iii B.C.); votum expld. as εὐχή, ὃ τάττεταί τις θεῷ, Gloss.: c. inf. [tense] fut., PEnteux.54.5(iii B.C.), Plb.18.7.7, al.

c [voice] Med., pay,

τῆς δὲ τιμῆς τάξονται παραχρῆμα τὸ δ μέρος, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν ἐν ἔτεσι γ PEleph.14.18

(iii B.C.), cf. PEnteux. 60.9, 89.7, PMich.Zen.79.9, PCair.Zen.649.16 (all iii B.C.), PAmh. 2.31.1, 52.1, Ostr.Bodl. i 46,96, al., PLond.3.1201.1, 1202.1 (all ii B.C.).

4 impose punishments,

τ. δίκην Ar.V. 1420

, etc.; τ. ζημίας, τιμωρίας, Pl.Lg. 876c, D.20.143;

τῷ κλέψαντι θάνατον Lycurg.65

:— also in [voice] Med., Hdt.2.65.

b impose laws,

οὓς [νόμους] ἔταξε αὐτοῖς ὁ νομοθέτης Pl.Lg. 772c

.

5 in [tense] pf. part. [voice] Pass., fixed, settled, prescribed, ὁ τεταγμένος χρόνος (like τακτός) Hdt.2.41, etc.;

ὥρα E.Ba. 723

;

ἡμέρα X.Cyr.1.2.4

;

ἔτη Pl.Lg. 810b

;

ἡ τετ. χώρα X.Cyr.5.3.40

; αἱ τετ. θυσίαι the regular offerings, Id.HG3.3.4; οἱ ἐπὶ τούτῳ τετ. [νόμοι] Pl.Cri. 50d; ἡ τετ. δίαιτα prescribed, Id.R. 404a; τὰ τετ. ὀνόματα received, Isoc.9.9; τετ. τέχνη regular, Id.13.12; τεταγμένον, opp. ἄτακτον, Arist.Cael. 280a8;

νὺξ τὰ τεταγμέν' ἀπέχει

Lyr.Alex. Adesp.

37.6

; of geom. figures, regular, i.e. equilateral and equiangular, Papp.306.2, 8, al.--cf. τεταγμένως.

τάσσω fut. τάξω LXX; 1 aor. ἔταξα; perf. τέταχα. Mid.: 1 aor. ἐταξάμην. Pass.: aor. ptc. n. sg. ταχθέν EpJer 61, pl. ταγέντα (TestJob 16:3); pf. τέταγμαι, ptc. τεταγμένος (Pind., Aeschyl., Pre-Socr., Hdt.+)

① to bring about an order of things by arranging, arrange, put in place

ⓐ of an authority structure pass. αἱ οὖσαι (ἐξουσίαι) ὑπὸ θεοῦ τεταγμέναι εἰσίν the (structures of authority) presently existing are put in place by God Ro 13:1 (cp. IAndrosIsis, Kyme on the role of Isis in ordering a variety of social, political, and economic structures; some interpret as metonymy for officeholders, cp. Da 4:37b; Horace, Odes 1, 12, 13–16; 49–52; Vergil, Ecl. 3, 60f); of established authority in contrast to a rabble MPol 10:2 (τάσσεσθαι ὑπό τινος as here, Eur., Iph. A. 1363; X., An. 1, 6, 6; 2, 6, 13; Simplicius In Epict. p. 60, 19 Düb. τεταγμένοι ὑπὸ θεοῦ).

ⓑ of a pers. put into a specific position, used w. a prep. τάσσειν τινὰ ἐπί τινος put someone over or in charge of someone or someth. (Polyb. 5, 65, 7; ins; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 11, 51 [II B.C.]; PRev 51, 9 [III B.C.]) pass. (Arrian, Anab. 3, 6, 7 ἐπὶ πῶν χρημάτων=in charge of the finances; En 20:5; Jos., Ant. 2, 70; 7, 370.—ἐπί τινι Ath. 24, 3) ἐφʼ ἧς (i.e. the way of light) εἰσὶν τεταγμένοι φωταγωγοὶ ἄγγελοι B 18:1.—On ἄνθρωπος ὑπὸ ἐξουσίαν τασσόμενος Mt 8:9 v.l.; Lk 7:8 s. ἐξουσία 4 (τάσσεσθαι ὑπό τινα ‘be put under someone’s command’ Polyb. 3, 16, 3; 5, 65, 7; Diod S 2, 26, 8; 4, 9, 5; OGI 56, 13 [237 B.C.] τοῖς ὑπὸ τὴν βασιλείαν τασσομένοις; but Just., D. 126, 5 ὑπὸ τῷ πατρί).—τάσσειν τινά εἰς assign someone to a (certain) classification, used also w. an abstract noun (Pla., Rep. 2, 371c, Polit. 289e), pass. belong to, be classed among those possessing ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον Ac 13:48.—τάσσειν ἑαυτὸν εἰς διακονίαν devote oneself to a service (cp. X., Mem. 2, 1, 11 εἰς τὴν δουλείαν ἐμαυτὸν τάττω; Pla., Rep. 2, 371c τάττειν ἑαυτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν διακονίαν ταύτην) 1 Cor 16:15.

② to give instructions as to what must be done, order, fix, determine, appoint (Trag., Hdt. +; ins, pap, LXX; TestJob 17:3; Just., A I, 17, 1 φόρους, A II, 5, 2 νόμον; Ath., R. 14 p. 64, 19 τὰ φύσει τεταγμένα)

ⓐ act. and pass., foll. by acc. w. inf. (X., An. 3, 1, 25) Ac 15:2; 18:2 v.l. περὶ πάντων ὧν τέτακταί σοι ποιῆσαι concerning everything that you have been ordered to do 22:10 (cp. X., Resp. Lac. 11, 6). ὁ τεταγμένος ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ δρόμος the course which has been fixed by him (i.e. by God) 1 Cl 20:2 (cp. Philo, Poster. Cai. 144, Rer. Div. Her. 97 τεταγμέναι περίοδοι ἀστέρων). κατὰ καιροὺς τεταγμένους at appointed times 40:1 (cp. Polyb. 17, 1, 1).

ⓑ mid.=act. (Hdt. et al.; 2 Km 20:5) εἰς τὸ ὄρος οὗ ἐτάξατο αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς (i.e. πορεύεσθαι) Mt 28:16. ταξάμενοι αὐτῷ ἡμέραν ἦλθον they set a day for him and came Ac 28:23 (τασς. ἡμέραν as Polyb. 18, 19, 1; Jos., Ant. 9, 136).—DELG. M-M. TW.