τακ-τικός, ή, όν,
fit for ordering, or arranging, especially in war, τ. ἀνήρ tactician, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τακτικὸν ἡγεῖσθαί τι to think it a good piece of tactics, [[[prev. passage]] Refs]; οἱ τ. ἀριθμοί the regular battalions, [[[prev. work] 3.3.11 ] Refs]: ἡ τακτική (i.e. τέχνη) the art of tactics, [[ 3rd c.BC: Nicomachus Comicus 1.37 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τὰ τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.14, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ὑπόμνημα Aen.Tact.at Title Page (interpolated); τακτικόν, title of work by [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus (“fragment” 28b). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+] adverb comparative -ώτερον variant for{τατικ-} in [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1141. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, regulating, δογμάτων [[ 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 1.9. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II ordinal, of numbers, [[ 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 636.14. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]