ἄτακτος

ataktos

not in battle-order

Appears 18 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 11
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Book II 4
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664e6
672c4
672c5
660b6
Book VI 1
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780d7
Book VII 2
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802c4
806c5
Book VIII 1
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840e4
Book X 1
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897d1
Book XI 2
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916e2
922b6
Timaeus 4
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46e5
30a5
43b1
69b3
Epinomis 1
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978a6
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29a4
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458d9

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄτακτος, ον, A. not in battle-order, of troops, Hdt. 6.93, Th. 8.105 (Comp.). 2. not at oneʼs post, Lycurg. 39. II. undisciplined, disorderly, θόρυβος Th. 8.10; ποιεῖν τὴν πολιτείαν ἀτακτοτέραν Arist. Pol. 1319b15; irregular, πυρετός Hp. Coac. 26; οὐδὲν ἄ. τῶν φύσει Arist. Ph. 252a11; φθορὰ ἄ. casual, Id. HA 556a12; of sensual excess, irregular, inordinate, ἡδοναί, Ἀφροδίτη, Pl. Lg. 660b,840e; in Music, without rhythm, μελῳδίαι Aristid.Quint. 1.13; Medic., irregular, σφυγμός Gal. 8.458. 2. uncivilized, lawless, βίος Critias 25.1 D. 3. Math., ἄτακτα προβλήματα indeterminate, not admitting of a definite solution, Procl. in Euc.p.220 F. B. Adv. -τως in an irregular, disorderly manner, of troops, ἀ. καὶ οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ προσπίπτοντες Th. 3.108; ἀ. διώκειν Id. 2.91; ἀτακτότερον προσπεσόντες Id. 6.97, cf. X. Cyr. 1.4.22, Hell.Oxy. 6.4; ἀ. φέρεσθαι Isoc. 1.32; οὐθὲν ἀ. θεῷ πράττεται Epicur. Ep. 3p.65U. 2. irregularly, of fevers, Hp. Epid. 1.7; ζῆν Isoc. 2.31. 3. Comp. ἀτακτοτέρως somewhat negligently, Demetr. Eloc. 53.

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