1. a drawing up, the order or disposition of an army, Thuc ., Xen. , etc. ; ta; ajmfi; tavxei" tactics, Xen.
2.
battle array, order of battle,
Lat.
acies
,
kata; tavxin
Hdt
.;
ejn tavxei
Thuc
.,
etc.
3.
a single rank
or
line
of soldiers,
Lat.
ordo
,
ejpi; tavxei" ojlivga" givgnesqai
to be drawn up a few
lines
deep, Id.
4. a body of soldiers, a squadron, Aesch ., Soph. : at Athens, the quota of infantry furnished by each fulhv ( cf. taxivarco" II ), Lys. : of smaller bodies, a company, cohort, Xen .; so of ships, a squadron, Aesch .:—generally, a band, company, Id.
5. a post or place in the line of battle, Lat. statio , Hdt .; mevnein ejn th`/ eJwutou` tavxei , opp. to ejkleivpein th;n t ., Id.
II.
generally,
an arrangement, order,
Plat
.,
etc.
2.
order, regularity,
Id.
3.
t. tou` fovrou
an assessment
of tribute,
Xen.
:
an arrangement with creditors,
Lex ap.
Dem.
4.
a political order, a constitution,
Arist.
III.
metaph.
from 1. 5,
the post
or
position
one holds,
Aesch.
,
etc.
;
ejn Qettalw`n tavxei, ejn ejcqrou` t
.
viewed as
Thessalians,
as
an enemy,
Dem.
;
ejn ejphreiva" tavxei
by way
of insult, Id.
2.
ones duty towards
another,
hJ uJpevr tino" t
. Id.;
hJ eujnoiva" t
.
the duty
of good-will, Id.
IV.
a class
of men, as of magistrates,
Xen.
,
Dem.
tavxo", TA vXOS
TA vXOS , oJ , the yew-tree, Lat. taxus .
ta peinov", TA PEINO vS, tapeinov"
T ØAPEINO vS , hv, ovn , low:
1. of Place, lying low, Hdt .; tapeina; nevmesqai to live in low regions, Pind .; of stature or size, low, Xen.
2. of the condition of persons, brought down, humbled, submissive, Hdt ., Aesch. , etc. : of low rank, lowly, mean, Lat. vilis , Eur ., etc. : small, poor, weak, Id., Dem. :— Adv. , tapeinw`" pravttein to be poorly off, Isocr.
3.
of the spirits,
humbled, dejected,
Thuc
.,
Xen.
4.
in moral sense, partly bad,
mean, base, abject,
Xen
.,
etc.
; partly good,
lowly, humble,
Id.,
N.T.
5.
of things,
mean, low, poor,
t. sch`ma
mean
apparel,
Xen.
: of style,
low, poor,
Arist
.;
Adv.
,
tapeinw`" levgein
Id. Hence
tapeinovth"
tapeinovth"
ta±peinovth" , hto", hJ , lowness of stature, Hdt.
2.
of condition,
low estate, abasement,
Thuc
.,
Isocr.
3.
lowness of spirits, dejection,
Xen.
4.
in moral sense,
baseness, vileness,
Plat.
tapeinofrosuvnh
ta±peinofrosuvnh , hJ , lowliness, humility, N.T. From tapeinovfrwn
tapeinovfrwn
ta±peinov-frwn , ono", oJ, hJ , ( frhvn ) lowly in mind, Plut.
tapeinovw
ta±peinovw , f. wvsw , ( tapeinov" ) to lower: — Pass. , pa`n o[ro" tapeinwqhvsetai N.T.