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τακτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τακτικός

Structure: τακτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ta/ssw

Sense

  1. fit for ordering or arranging, especially in war, (substantive) a tactician
  2. (substantive) tactics

Examples

  • τίσ οὕτωσ τακτικὸσ ἀκριβὴσ ἢ τίσ οὕτωσ κριτὴσ ὄψων ὡσ ὁ ἐκ Γέλασ, μᾶλλον δὲ Καταγέλασ οὗτοσ ποιητήσ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 96 1:1)
  • ὁ δὲ τακτικὸσ Ἀπολλωνίδησ ἔφη τὸν μὲν περὶ τῶν γερόντων ἀποδέχεσθαι λόγον· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 1:2)
  • ἀνὴρ τά τ’ ἄλλα γεγονὼσ ἀγαθὸσ καὶ δὴ καὶ φίλιπποσ καὶ φιλοκύνηγοσ καὶ τακτικόσ, ὡσ ἐκ τῶν συγγραμμάτων δῆλον· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. s'. CENOFWN 9:3)
  • ὅ τε τακτικὸσ ἀρχαῖοσ σφόδρα %2 %2 καὶ ὁ συγγενὴσ ἅμα καὶ πολίτησ τῷ προειρημένῳ φιλοσόφῳ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. b'. CENOKRATHS 9:4)
  • Δορύλαοσ γὰρ ἦν ἀνὴρ τακτικόσ, τῶν Μιθριδάτου τοῦ Εὐεργέτου φίλων· (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 4 14:2)

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