τὰ ἀμφὶ τάξεις

τάξις, εως, [dialect] Ion. ιος, ἡ, ([etym.] 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 ἀντίταξις Phld.Piet.12

.

2 battle array, order of battle,

κατὰ τάξιν Hdt.8.86

;

ἐν τάξει Th.4.72

, etc.; ἐς τάξιν καθίστασθαι, ἀνάγειν, ib.93, Ar.Av. 400 (anap.); ἵνα μὴ διασπασθείη ἡ τ. Th.5.70; of ships,

ἀποπλῶσαι ἐκ τῆς τάξιος Hdt.6.14

.

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 Περσῶν Pl.La. 191c

.

4 body of soldiers, A.Pers. 298, S.OC 1311; esp. at Athens, the quota of infantry furnished by each φυλή (cf.

ταξίαρχος 11

), 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 ᾗ ἔσομαι τάξει PCair.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.

5 post or place in the line of battle, ἀξιεύμεθα ταύτης τῆς τ. Hdt.9.26, cf. 27;

ἐν τῇ τ. εἶχε ἑωυτόν Id.1.82

; μένειν ἐν τῇ ἑωυτοῦ τ. Id.3.158;

τ. φυλάξων E.Rh. 664

;

ἡ τ. φυλακτέα X.Cyr.5.3.43

;

ᾗ ἕκαστος τὴν τ. εἶχεν Id.An. 4.3.29

;

τῆς πρώτης τ. τεταγμένος Lys.14.11

, cf. Th.5.68 (fin.); ἐκλιπόντας τὴν τ. Hdt.5.75, cf. 9.21; λείπειν τὴν τ. And.1.74, Pl.Ap. 29a, D.13.34, 15.32, Aeschin.3.159, etc.;

παραχωρεῖν τῆς τάξεως D.3.36

, etc.; but ἡγεμὼν ἔξω τάξεων officer on the unattached list, Arch.Pap.3.188, cf. Sammelb. 599, OGI 69 ([place name] Coptos); so οἱ ἔξω τάξεως staff-officers, aides-de-camp, D.S.19.22.

II generally, arrangement, order,

ἡμερῶν τ. εἰς μηνῶν περιόδους Pl.Lg. 809d

; ἡ τῶν ὅλων τ. X.Cyr.8.7.22; disposition,

τῆς ψυχῆς Gorg.Hel.14

: Rhet., disposition, opp. λέξις, Arist.Rh. 1414a29;

ἡ τ. τοῦ λόγου Aeschin.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 ἠρεμία Arist.EE 1218a23

;

εἰ τὰ γυμνάσια ἔχοι τὴν τ. ἐνταῦθα Id.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); ἡ 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 ἀταξίας Pl.Ti. 30a

;

τ. καὶ κόσμος Id.Grg. 504a

; οὔτε νόμος οὔτε τ. Id.Lg. 875c, cf. R. 587a;

τ. περιόδου Epicur.Ep.2p.42U.

;

διὰ τάξεως γίγνεσθαι Pl.Lg. 780a

; τάξιν ἔχειν to be regular, Thphr. HP3.9.6; ἐν τάξει in an orderly manner, Pl.Lg. 637e; so

τάξει SIG741.12

(Nysa, i B.C., rendering of Lat. ordine).

3 ordinance,

κατὰ τὴν τ. τοῦ νόμου Pl.Lg. 925b

; παρὰ τὴν τοῦ νομοθέτου τ. Id.Plt. 305c, etc.

b prescription, τὴν τοῦ λυσιτελοῦντος τοῖς σώμασι ποιεῖσθαι τ. Id.Plt. 294e; recipe, cj. in PHolm.2.2.

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 ἔχουσα A.Eu. 396

(lyr.); ἡ τῶν ἀκοντιζόντων τ. Antipho 3.2.7; ἰδία τοῦ βίου τ. Isoc. 6.2; ἀνὴρ τῆς πρώτης τ. CIG2767.4 ([place name] 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 Μουσείῳ Sammelb.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.);

ἡ τ. τῶν κατοχίμων PTeb.318.21

(ii A.D.);

τ. λαογράφων PLond.2.182b2

(ii A.D.).

3 account,

ἰδίας τάξεως POxy.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 ἢ κατά τινα ἄλλην τ. ἢ χρόνον Arist.Pol. 1261a34

; end (or perh. date fixed for the end),

μέχρι τάξεως αὐτῆς τῆς τρύγης Sammelb.5810.15

(iv A.D.).

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `troop, department of the people' (Pi., trag., Crete), `troop of warriors, army, navy' (Il.), also `(army-, ships)camp' (Il.); στάρτοι αἱ τάξεις τοῦ πλήθους H.

Other forms: Aeol. στρότος (Sapph.), Cret. σταρτος (inscr.).

Compounds: Often as 1. member, e.g. στρατ-ηγός (IA.), -ᾱγός (Dor. Arc.) m. `army-commander' (cf. Chantraine Études 90), στρατό-πεδον n. `army-camp, army, fleet' (IA.; Risch IF59,15); also as 2. member e.g. δεξί-στρατος `recieving a host' (B.); to this numerous PN.

Derivatives: 1. Collective formation στρατ-ίά, - ιή f. `troop, host, army', also `campaign' = στρατεία (Pi., IA.; Scheller, Oxytonierung 84f.) with - ιώτης m. `warrior, soldier' (IA.), - ιωτικός (Att.; Chantraine Études 126). - ιωτάριον n. meaning uncertain, perh. `soldier's sack' (pap. III^p). 2. - ιος, f. - ία `warlike', also as surn. of Zeus, of Ares, resp. of Athena a.o. (Alc., Hdt. a.o.); also - ειος, - εία `id.' (Mylasa II^a). 3. στρατύλλαξ m. disparaging dimin. of στρατηγός (Cic. Att.; cf. Delph. Στρατυλλις). Denom. 4. στρατ-άομαι (- όομαι?), also w. ἀμφι-, ἐπι-, συν-, `to troop together', only in ep. ipf. ἐστρατόωντο (Il., A. R., Nonn.; cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 185, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 80; 359; 364); - όομαι certain in the ptc. στρατωθέν ( στόμιον) `consisting of an army' (A. Ag. 133 [lyr.]; Wackernagel Unt. 125). 5. - εύω, - εύομαι, also w. ἐκ-, ἐπι-, συν- a.o., `to take the field, to serve in the army' (IA.) with - εία, Ion. - ηΐη f. ( ἐκ-, ἐπι-, συν-) `campaign, war-service' (IA.), - ευμα n. `campaign, army' (IA.), - ευσις ( ἐπι-) f. `campaign' (Hdt., D.H. u.a.), - εύσιμος, - ευτικός.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1029] * ster- `camp, spread out'

Etymology: Orig. meaning `troop, department of people', from there `troop of warriors, army', second. `camp'. -- With Skt. str̥ta- `thrown down, sprinkled' (older á-str̥ta- `unconquered, unconquerable'), Av. stǝrǝta- `spread out', also with OIr. sreth `strues' (IE *str̥tā) formally identical, but with unclear development of meaning: prop. `spread (or spreading) heap'? Cf. Persson Beitr. 1, 451 ff. (with older lit.), who however starts from the meaning `ordened troop, row'. Quite diff. Strunk Münch. Stud. 17, 77 ff. (w. extensive streatment), Nasalpräs. u. Aor. (1967) 111 w. n. 309 (w. lit.): στρατός prop. `*which can be thrown down' \> `*enemy's army' or `*which throws down'. -- Further s. στόρνυμι (with lit.); older lit. also in Bq. -- The oldest meaning may have been `camping army'.

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