STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: τάξις

τάξις, εως,

Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, (τάσσω) arranging, arrangement:

__I in military sense:

__I.1 drawing up in rank and file, order or disposition of an army, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.68 ([near the start]), 7.5, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἀμφὶ τάξεις rules for it, tactics, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.7; τ. καὶ ἀντίταξις 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

__I.2 battle array, order of battle, κατὰ τάξιν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.86; ἐν τάξει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.72, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τάξιν καθίστασθαι, ἀνάγειν,[[ [prev. work] 93, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 400 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵνα μὴ διασπασθείη ἡ τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.70 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of ships, ἀποπλῶσαι ἐκ τῆς τάξιος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

__I.3 a single rank or line of soldiers, ἐπὶ τάξιας ὀλίγας γίγνεσθαι to be drawn up a few lines deep, [[[prev. work] 111, compare 9.31; ἐλύθησαν αἱ τ. τῶν Περσῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 191c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

__I.4 body of soldiers, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 298, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1311 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially at Athens, the quota of infantry furnished by each φυλή [[compare (ταξίαρχος 11), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but frequently of smaller bodies, company, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.16, 6.5.11, etc.; ἱππέων τ. [prev. work] 1.8.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of ships, squadron, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 380 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, band, company, φιλία γὰρ ἥδε τ., of the chorus, [[ [prev. author] “Pr.” 128 (Lyric poetry); ἐμφανίσας μοι ἐν ᾗ ἔσομαι τάξει “PCair.Zen.” 409.6 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]