ἐπίταξις

epitaxis

injunction

Appears 16 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 7
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Book III 1
Chapter ?

687c5
Book IV 2
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720b2
723a5
Book VI 1
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778a1
Book VIII 2
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834d4
835c2
Book XII 1
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941a7
Statesman 3
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294d8
260a10
261a11
Theaetetus 3
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209d6
209e1
146a4
Republic 1
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Book X 1
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601e2
Symposium 1
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202e5
Timaeus 1
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20d2

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.

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