εὐτακτέω
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
A to be orderly, behave well, Th.8.1, X.Mem.4.4.1, etc.; of soldiers, obey discipline, ib.3.5.21; εὐ. πρὸς ἀρχήν to be obedient towards... Plu.Cam.18; to be continent, Epict.Ench.29.2, D.L.4.42, AP5.39.7 (Nicarch.). II Act., pay regularly, τοὺς φόρους PHib. 1.35.6 (iii B.C.), cf. POxy.1471.16 (i A.D.); τὰ ὀψώνια PSI4.350.2 (iii B.C.), etc.:—Pass., ὅπως οἱ μισθοὶ τοῖς παιδευταῖς εὐτακτέωνται SIG 672.10 (Delph., ii B.C.), cf. BGU1107.11. III Pass., to be reduced to order, ὑπὸ τοῦ διανοητικοῦ ὡς ὑπό τινος ἰσότητος Nicom.Ar.1.23; -ουμένη ἀπόβασις, def. of εἱμαρμένη, Theol.Ar.60: c. acc. cogn., τὸν τοῦ νοῦ λόγον -ούμενος Iamb.VP15.66.
