ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
μετα-, κάθεσις, ἄνεσις, χαλαρότης, ἀπόπεμψις, πάρεσις