πρόσταξις

A. 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.