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πρόσταξις

πρόσταξις, an ordaining, an ordinance, command

πρόσταξις, εως, ἡ,
  • posting of additional troops on the wings of a phalanx, Ael. Tact. 24.3, Arr. Tact. 20.3.
    • II ordinance, command, Pl. Lg. 631d (pl.), 673c; προστάξεις προστάττοντες ἀνίσους ib. 761e; τινὶ τὴν πρόσταξιν ποιεῖσθαι to command him, Arist. Top. 103a35, cf. Lys. 2.1; ἐκ προστάξεως τοῦ κυρίου μου κτλ. POxy. 1204.7 (iii A. D.), cf. 1252r. 19 (iii A. D.); requisition, τὴν π. ταῖς πόλεσιν ἑκατὸν νεῶν τῆς ναυπηγίας ἐποιοῦντο Th. 8.3.
    • III at Athens, ἄτιμοι κατὰ προστάξεις citizens deprived of their rights in certain specified particulars (opp. παντάπασιν ἄτιμοι), And. 1.75.

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