ἐπίταξις

epitaxis

injunction

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 1259b18–1260b24

1260b6
Book VII 2
Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32

1325a26

Chapter 4 1325b33–1326b25

1326b14
Poetics 2
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Chapter 19 1456a33–1456b19

1456b17
Chapter 20 1456b20–1457a30

1457a22

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπίταξις, εως, ἡ, A. injunction, ἡ ἐ. τοῦ φόρου the assessment of the tribute, Hdt. 3.89 : pl., assessments, ib.97 : a command, order, Pl. Lg. 834d (pl.) ; κατὰ τὴν τῆς αὑτοῦ ψυχῆς ἐ. ib.687c ; κατὰ τὰν ἐ. τῶ Ἀπόλλωνος Abh.Berl.Akad. 1925(5).21 (Cyrene). 2. command, ἄρχοντος ἔργον ἐ. Arist. Pol. 1326b14, cf. 1325a26 ; κατʼ ἐπίταξιν imperatively, Id. Po. 1457a22. 3. in Tactics, station on the flanks, opp. πρόταξις, ὑπόταξις, Ascl. Tact. 10.1, cf. Ael. Tact. 24.3.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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