τάξις

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.OC1311; 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, OGI69 ([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.EE1218a23

;

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.).