Plato › Greek Lexicon › πρόσταγμα

πρόσταγμα

prostagma

ordinance, command

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Stephanus page — each links into the reader.

Dictionary (LSJ)

πρόσταγμα, ατος, Dor. ποτίταγμα SIG 569.28 (Cos, iii B.C.): τό: (προστάσσω):—A. ordinance, command, Pl. R. 423c, al., Isoc. 4.176, etc.; ἐκ προστάγματος D. 17. 16; κατὰ πρόσταγμα D.S. 14.41, cf. OGI 225.37 (Didyma, iii B.C.), PEnteux. 6.11, al. (iii B.C.), PTeb. 5.206 (ii B.C., pl.), UPZ 112 i 7 (ii B.C., pl.), etc.; κατὰ τὸ π. τοῦ παιδαγωγοῦ ζῆν by his prescription, Arist. EN 1119b13, cf. PCair.Zen. 426.7 (iii B.C.), Ael. VH 9.23; = Lat. edictum, OGI 665.3 (Egypt, i A.D.), etc. 2. order to pay or deliver, PCair.Zen. 8.3, 375.8 (iii B.C.). II. military command, as division of the army, ὑπηρέτης προστάγματος PRein. 15.30 (ii B.C.), unless an error for τάγματος.
‹ All lexicon entries