πρόσ-ταγμα, ατος,
Doric dialect ποτίταγμα [[ “SIG” 569.28 (Cos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: τό: (προστάσσω):— ordinance, command, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 423c, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.176, etc.; ἐκ προστάγματος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 17. 16; κατὰ πρόσταγμα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.41, compare “OGI” 225.37 (Didyma, 3rd c.BC), “PEnteux.” 6.11, +others (3rd c.BC), “PTeb.” 5.206 (2nd c.BC, _plural_), “UPZ” 112 i 7 (2nd c.BC, _plural_), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὸ π. τοῦ παιδαγωγοῦ ζῆν by his prescription, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1119b13, compare “PCair.Zen.” 426.7 (3rd c.BC), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 9.23 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; = Latin edictum, [[ “OGI” 665.3 (Egypt, 1st c.AD), etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 order to pay or deliver, [[ 3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 8.3, 375.8 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II military command, as division of the army, ὑπηρέτης προστάγματος [[ “PRein.” 15.30 (2nd c.BC), unless an error for τάγματος. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]