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Strong's #813 - ἄτακτος
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- disorderly, out of ranks (often so of soldiers)
- irregular, inordinate, immoderate pleasures
- deviating from the prescribed order or rule
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ἄτακτ-ος, ον,
I
1. not in battle-order, of troops, Hdt. 6.93, Th. 8.105 (Comp.).
2. not at one's post, Lycurg. 39.
II
1. 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.
2. uncivilized, lawless, βίος Critias 25.1 D.
3. Math., ἄτακτα προβλήματα indeterminate, not admitting of a definite solution, Procl. in Euc. p.220 F.
1. Adv. -τως in an irregular, 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. Ephesians 3 p.65U.
2. irregularly, of fevers, Hp. Epid. 1.7; ζῆν Isoc. 2.31.
3. Comp. ἀτακτοτέρως somewhat negligently, Demetr. Eloc. 53.
ἄτακτος, ἄτακτον (τάσσω), disorderly, out of the ranks, (often so of soldiers); irregular, inordinate (ἀτακτοι ἡδοναι immoderate pleasures, Plato, legg. 2, 660 b.; Plutarch, de book educ. c. 7), deviating from the prescribed order or rule: 1 Thessalonians 5:14, cf. 2 Thessalonians 3:6. (In Greek writings from (Herodotus and) Thucydides down; often in Plato.)
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** ἀ -τακτος , -ον
(< τάσσω ),
[in LXX: 3 Maccabees 1:19 *;]
out of order, out of place (Lat. inordinatus), freq. of soldiers not keeping the ranks, or an army in disarray (cf. 3 Maccabees 1:19); hence, metaph., irregular, disorderly (v. previous word): 1 Thessalonians 5:14.†
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See the discussion of ἀτακτέω . For the adj. (and adv.) we may quote P Fay 337.16 f. (ii/A.D.) δεῖ τῶν [ἀν ]θρώπων ἄρχειν [τῶν ] πράξεων ἐκεί [νου ]ς δὲ εὐθὺς ἐφέπεσθαι , οὐκ ἀτάκτως μέντοι ἀλλ᾽ εἱμα [ρ ]μέ [νως : the document is a fragment of ";a philosophical work concerning the gods"; (Edd.). In Vettius Valens p. 336.28 ἄτακτον φάσιν ἢ βελτίονα , the antithesis suggests a markedly bad meaning for ἄ . The same implication underlies the subst. in p. 116.13 πολλὰ καὶ τῶν ἀτακτημάτων κρυβήσεται καὶ οὐκ ἔσται αἰσχρά —which they would have been but for the kindly influence of Jupiter. The next sentence identifies the ἀτακτήματα as secret intrigues which will not be found out. In Syll 519 (see under ἀτακτέω ), where four sets of ἔφηβοι and their σωφρονισταί get their meed of praise and garlands, εὐτ ]άκτους αὑτοὺς παρέχουσιν replaces the verb in one place out of three. BGU IV. 1056.13 (B.C. 13) διδόντες τὸν μὲν τόκον κατὰ μῆνα εὐτάκτως , ";regularly"; : so 1156.14 (B.C. 15).
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