πειθαρχ-έω,
obey one in authority, absolutely, πειθαρχεῖ.., ἄπληκτος ὥσπερ ἵππος [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 232, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1262b3: mostly with _dative_, π. πατρί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1178; τοῖς νόμοισι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 762; τοῖς ἐφεστῶσι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.19, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 538d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἂν.. τοῖς πηδαλίοις ἡ ναῦς π. [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 139; τοῖς προσταχθεῖσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.13; τῷ λόγῳ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1295b6: with _genitive_ (compare πείθω 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.3), ἐπιταγμάτων Epist. Darei in “SIG” 22.7 (5th c.BC) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; στρατηγοῦ [[ “OGI” 12.11 (Priene, 3rd c.BC), compare 244.38 (Syria, 2nd c.BC) ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τινος [[ “PGiss.” 2.16 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—middle, ἔθνος.. πειθαρχέεσθαι ἑτοῖμον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.91. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]