παραγγ-ελία, ἡ,
command or order issued to soldiers, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.4, NT.Act.16.24 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; τόπος ἐπιτηδειότατος εἰς π. for giving the word of command, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.27.1 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: generally, order issued by an authority, [[ “PAmh.” 2.68.63 (1st c.AD), etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II summoning one's partisans to support one in a suit at law, exertion of influence, σπουδὴ καὶ π., συγγνώμη καὶ π., [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.1, 283. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 summons to appear in court, [[ “POxy.” 484.18 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 canvassing for public office, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 15, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.21, etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III set of rules or precepts, ὑπὸ παραγγελίαν πίπτειν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1104a7; παραδόσεις καὶ π. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.78 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus (_plural_); μεθοδικὴ π. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 2.33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; instruction, precept, advice, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Jusj.”, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.36, 15.10; τὸ τέλος τῆς π. ἐστὶν ἀγάπη NT.1Tim.1.5 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; τεχνίτης π. λογικῆς, of rules of literary composition, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 26.1. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]