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τάγμα

tagma · τό

ordinance, command

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Where it lives

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  • Numeri 11 · 4.76/10k
  • Oeconomica II 1 · 2.13/10k
  • Regnorum I 3 · 1.62/10k
  • Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
  • 1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
  • Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k
  • Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
  • Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

ordinance, command, ordinances

ordinance, command, νόμου τ. Pl. Def. 414e; ἐκ δυοῖν τ. from a combination of two ordinances, Arist. Pol. 1294b6.

II fixed assessment, payment

fixed assessment or payment, Id. Oec. 1349a24, CIG 2562.14 (Crete).

III body of soldiers, division, brigade

body of soldiers, division, brigade, X. Mem. 3.1.11, PFrankf. 7.5 (iii B.C.), Ph. Bel. 96.48, 103.28, PRein. 14.31 (ii B.C.), Plb. 3.85.3, etc.

b

= Lat. manipulus, Id. 6.24.5.

c legion

= Lat. legio, legion, D.H. 6.42, Str. 3.3.8, Plu. Oth. 12, D.C. 71.9, CIG 4693 (Abukir).

IV order, rank

order, rank, IG 14.757 (Naples); βουλευτικὸν τ. CIG 4411b5 (Cilicia); ἱππικὸν τ. ib. 2803 (Aphrodisias); τὸ τ. τῶν γυμνασιάρχων POxy. 1252v. 24 (iii A.D.); τοῦ πρώτου τ. IG 42(1).81 (Epid., i A.D.): acc. τάγμα as Adv., CIG 3765 (dub.), cf. IG 14.748 (Naples).

V arrangement, row

generally, arrangement, of footprints, τίς ὁ τρόπος τοῦ τ.; S. Ichn. 114; row of bricks, dub. in Alc. 153.

2 status, function, position

status, φύσεως τάγμα ἔχειν Epicur. Ep. 1p.24U.; function, Phld. Po. 5 Fr. 1; ἐν τ. γενόμενοι c. inf., being in a position to . . , PLond. 2.358.7 (ii A.D.).

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Where it came from

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