τάγμα

A. ordinance, command, νόμου τ. Pl. Def. 414e; ἐκ δυοῖν τ. from a combination of two ordinances, Arist. Pol. 1294b6.

II. fixed assessment or payment, Id. Oec. 1349a24, CIG 2562.14 (Crete).

III. body of soldiers, division, brigade, X. Mem. 3.1.11, PFrankf. 7.5 (iii B.C.), Ph. Bel. 96.48, 103.28, PRein. 14.31 (ii B.C.), Plb. 3.85.3, etc.

b. = Lat. manipulus, Id. 6.24.5.

c. = Lat. legio, legion, D.H. 6.42, Str. 3.3.8, Plu. Oth. 12, D.C. 71.9, CIG 4693 (Abukir).

IV. order, rank, IG 14.757 (Naples); βουλευτικὸν τ. CIG 4411b5 (Cilicia); ἱππικὸν τ. ib.2803 (Aphrodisias); τὸ τ. τῶν γυμνασιάρχων POxy. 1252v. 24 (iii A.D.); τοῦ πρώτου τ. IG 42(1).81 (Epid., i A.D.): acc. τάγμα as Adv., CIG 3765 (dub.), cf. IG 14.748 (Naples).

V. generally, arrangement, of footprints, τίς ὁ τρόπος τοῦ τ.; S. Ichn. 114; row of bricks, dub. in Alc. 153.

2. status, φύσεως τάγμα ἔχειν Epicur. Ep. 1p.24U.; function, Phld. Po. 5 Fr. 1; ἐν τ. γενόμενοι c. inf., being in a position to . . , PLond. 2.358.7 (ii A.D.).