ποτίταγμα

ατος, τό

προστάσσω

A. ordinance, command, Pl. R. 423c, al., Isoc. 4.176, etc.; ἐκ προστάγματος D. 17. 16; κατὰ πρόσταγμα D.S. 14.41, cf. OGI 225.37 (Didyma, iii B.C.), PEnteux. 6.11, al. (iii B.C.), PTeb. 5.206 (ii B.C., pl.), UPZ 112 i 7 (ii B.C., pl.), etc.; κατὰ τὸ π. τοῦ παιδαγωγοῦ ζῆν by his prescription, Arist. EN 1119b13, cf. PCair.Zen. 426.7 (iii B.C.), Ael. VH 9.23; = Lat. edictum, OGI 665.3 (Egypt, i A.D.), etc.
2. order to pay or deliver, PCair.Zen. 8.3, 375.8 (iii B.C.).
II. military command, as division of the army, ὑπηρέτης προστάγματος PRein. 15.30 (ii B.C.), unless an error for τάγματος.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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