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διατάσσω

diatasso

appoint

Appears 16 times across Plato's dialogues.

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διατάσσω, Att. διατάττω, pf. διατέτᾰχα BGU 1151.6 (i B. C.), prob. in OGI 326.27 (Teos):—Α. appoint or ordain severally, dispose, εὖ δὲ ἕκαστα ἀθανάτοις διέταξε Hes. Th. 74; ἀνθρώποισι νόμον δ. Id. Op. 276; appoint to separate offices, δ. τοὺς μὲν οἰκίας οἰκοδομέειν, τοὺς δὲ δορυφόρους εἶναι Hdt. 1.114; δ. τι εἶναι Pl. Ti. 45b; τίνας εἶναι χρεὼν τῶν ἐπιστημῶν . . ἡ πολιτικὴ δ. Arist. EN 1094b1: abs., make arrangements, πρὸς τὸ συμπῖπτον ἀεὶ δ. X. Cyr. 8.5.16:—Med., arrange for oneself, classify, Pl. Phdr. 271b; τινὶ περί τινος Plb. 5.21.1; undertake, pledge oneself, πρός τινα c. fut. inf., ib.14.11; also in act. sense, περὶ θυσιῶν OGI 331.53(Pergam.):—Pass., to be appointed, constituted, Pl. Lg. 932a; παρὰ τὰ -τεταγμένα contrary to orders, BGU 1022.17 (ii A. D.): c. inf., v.l. in Hdt. 1.110: c. acc., δ. γῆν to be appointed to cultivate, POxy. 899.22 (200 A.D.). 2. esp. draw up an army, set in array, Hdt. 6.107, Th. 4.103; διέταξε χωρὶς ἑκάστους εἶναι Hdt. 1.103:—Med., διαταξάμενοι posting themselves in battle-order, Ar. V. 360, Th. 8.104, X. HG 7.1.20:— pf. Pass., διατετάχθαι to be in battle-order, Hdt. 7.178, Th. 4.31; διετέτακτο Hdt. 6.112 (but in med. sense, J. AJ 12.5.4). II. Med., make teslamentary dispositions, περί τινος Plu. 2.1129a; order by will, c. inf., AP 11.133 (Lucill.); bequeath, BGU 1151.6 (i B. C.):—Pass., to be bequeathed, PFay. 97.13 (i A. D.).
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