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κλίσις μὲν δή ἐστιν ἡ κατ᾽ ἄνδρα κίνησις, καὶ τῆς
κλίσεως ἐπὶ δόρυ μὲν καλεῖται ἡ ἐς τὰ δεξιά, ἵναπερ
τὸ δόρυ ἐστὶ τῷ ὁπλίτῃ, ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδα δὲ ἡ ἐπὶ τὰ λαιά,
ἵνα φέρει τὴν ἀσπίδα.
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καὶ εἰ μὲν ἁπλῆ ἡ κλίσις, ἐς τὰ
πλάγια μόνον παράγει τὴν ὄψιν: εἰ δὲ διπλῆ γίγνοιτο, ἀποστρέφει τὴν ὄψιν ἐς τὸ κατόπιν. τουτὶ δὲ ἤδη μεταβολὴ
καλεῖται.
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ἐπιστροφὴ δέ ἐστιν, ἐπειδὰν τὸ
πᾶν σύνταγμα πυκνώσαντες κατὰ παραστάτην καὶ ἐπιστάτην
καθάπερ ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς σῶμα ἐπὶ δόρυ ἢ ἐπ᾽
ἀσπίδα ἐγκλίνωμεν, καθάπερ ἐπὶ κέντρῳ τῷ λοχαγῷ παντὸς τοῦ τάγματος περιελιχθέντος, καὶ μεταλαβόντος
τόπον μὲν τὸν ἔμπροσθεν, ἐπιφάνειαν δὲ τὴν ἐκ δεξιῶν,
διαμενόντων ἑκάστῳ τῶν τε ἐπιστατῶν καὶ παραστατῶν.
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ἀναστροφὴ δέ ἐστιν ἡ ἀποκατάστασις τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς
ἐς τὴν προτέραν χώραν. περισπασμὸς δὲ καλεῖται ἡ ἐκ δυοῖν ἐπιστροφαῖν τοῦ τάγματος κίνησις, ὡς μεταλαβεῖν
τὸν ὀπίσω τόπον:
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ἐκπερισπασμὸς δὲ ἡ ἐκ τριῶν ἐπιστροφῶν
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συνεχῶν τοῦ παντὸς κίνησις, ὡς μεταλαβεῖν,
εἰ μὲν ἐπὶ δόρυ γίγνοιτο, τὴ νἐξ ἀριστερῶν ἐπιφάνειαν,
εἰ δὲ ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδα, τὴν ἐκ δεξιῶν.
στοιχεῖν δὲ λέγεται τὸ ἐπ᾽ εὐθείας ἰέναι τῷ λοχαγῷ
Arriani Nicomediensis Scripta Minora. Arrian. Rudolf Hercher. Alfred Eberhard. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Keyboarding.
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