ἄτακτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἄτακτον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[not in battle-order]], of [[troops]], Hdt.6.93, Th.8.105 (Comp.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[not at one's post]], Lycurg.39.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[undisciplined]], [[disorderly]], [[θόρυβος]] Th.8.10; ποιεῖν τὴν πολιτείαν ἀτακτοτέραν Arist.Pol.1319b15; [[irregular]], πυρετός Hp. Coac.26; οὐδὲν ἄ. τῶν φύσει Arist.Ph.252a11; φθορὰ ἄ. [[casual]], Id.HA 556a12; of sensual excess, [[irregular]], [[inordinate]], [[ἡδοναί]], [[Ἀφροδίτη]], Pl.Lg.660b,840e; in Music, [[without rhythm]], μελῳδίαι Aristid.Quint. 1.13; Medic., [[irregular]], σφυγμός Gal.8.458.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[uncivilized]], [[lawless]], [[βίος]] Critias25.1 D.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Math., ἄτακτα προβλήματα [[indeterminate]], [[not admitting of a definite solution]], Procl.in Euc.p.220 F.<br><span class="bld">B</span> Adv. [[ἀτάκτως]] = [[in an irregular manner]], [[in a disorderly manner]], of troops, ἀ. καὶ οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ προσπίπτοντες Th.3.108; ἀ. διώκειν Id.2.91; ἀτακτότερον προσπεσόντες Id.6.97, cf. X.Cyr.1.4.22, Hell.Oxy.6.4; ἀ. φέρεσθαι Isoc.1.32; οὐθὲν ἀ. θεῷ πράττεται Epicur.Ep.3p.65U.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[irregularly]], of fevers, Hp.Epid.1.7; [[ζῆν]] Isoc.2.31.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Comp. [[ἀτακτοτέρως]] = [[somewhat negligently]], Demetr.Eloc.53.