ἀταξία

A. indiscipline, prop. among soldiers, opp. εὐταξία, Hdt. 6.11, Th. 2.92, X. HG 3.1.9, etc.

2. generally, disorder, confusion, ἀ. καὶ ἀκολασία Pl. Cri. 53d; ἀμαθία καὶ ἀ. X. Ath. 1.5; ἀ. καὶ ἀναρχία Arist. Pol. 1302b28; εἰς τάξιν ἤγαγεν ἐκ τῆς ἀ. Pl. Ti. 30a; ἀπὸ τύχης καὶ ἀ. Arist. PA 641b23: in pl., ἀταξιῶν, opp. τῶν ἐν ταῖς κινήσεσι τάξεων, Pl. Lg. 653e.

3. c. gen., διαίτης ἀ. irregularity, Hp. Coac. 211; νόμων Aeschin. 3.38.