τάγμα,ατος,τό, (τάσσω)
A. ordinance, command,νόμου τ. Pl. Def. 414e ;ἐκ δυοῖν τ. from a combination of twoordinances, Arist. Pol. 1294b6 .
II. fixed assessmentorpayment, Id. Oec. 1349a24 , CIG 2562.14 (Crete).
III. 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. =Lat.legio, legion, D.H. 6.42 , Str. 3.3.8 , Plu. Oth. 12 , D.C. 71.9 , CIG 4693 (Abukir).
IV. 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.τάγμαasAdv., CIG 3765 (dub.), cf. IG 14.748 (Naples).