“order” in Latin

Disposition, arrangement, ordo; ratio. It may sometimes be expressed by instructio, dispositio, descriptio, or, more frequently, by the corresponding verbs. Order of words, structura, collocatio, verborum: to put anything in order, aliquid in ordinem redigere (Auct., ad Her.); aliquid ordinare, disponere (Cic.), digerere (Suet.) [Vid: ARRANGE]: in order, ordine; ex ordine; per ordinem: without order, sine ordine; nullo ordine; promiscue.

Regularity, proper state, ordo; modus quidam et ordo (in itself); bona disciplina (as the effect of sistem or moral training; not ordo in this sense). Love of order, *bonae disciplinae studium: to preserve good order (milites) severa disciplina coercere, continere: to maintain order, ordinem tenere, adhibere, servare, consequi, sequi: to throw out of order, ordinem perturbare, immutare (Cic.); tenorem rerum interrumpere (Liv.): in order, compositus; dispositus; expedites: the order of nature, constantia naturae.

Command, precept, instruction, jussus, jussum (given by one who has, or thinks he has, a right to command): auctoritas (opinion or judgement of a superior): imperium (the command of a superior, a general, prince, etc.): imperatum (that which is ordered or commanded): praeceptum (an ordinance, arrangement): mandatum (a commission, charge): edictum (a public proclamation, ordinance): decretum (a decree of the Senate, of a consul, etc.): plebiscitum (an ordinance of the Roman plebes; opposed to populi jussum; i. e., of the whole people; Vid: Bremi, Nep., Arist., 1, 4): rescriptum (the letter of a prince, as a command: ☞ post-Augustan): a written order, litterae (e.g., Tiberius litteras ad exercitum misit): a secret order, praeceptum arcanum: in obedience to anybody’s order, jussu or auctoritate alicujus; jubente aliquo; jussus ab aliquo; a quo (e.g., Atheniensibus, a quibus profectus erat; Nep., Milt: 2, 3, Daehne): without anybody’s order, injussu alicujus; ab aliquo non jussus: ultro (of one’s own free will, opposed to alicujus jussu or jussus): sua sponte (freely, from one’s own impulse): to act without orders, privato, non publico, consilio aliquid facere: to give orders, mandare alicui aliquid (or followed by ut): deferre, demandare alicui aliquid (e.g., curam alicujus rei): injungere alicui aliquid (to lay anything upon one): delegare alicui aliquid (in the best age, to transfer to another what we ought to do ourselves; in the Silver Age, also generally; Vid: Herzog, Hirt., B.G., 8, 22): negotium alicui dare (to lay an obligation on one; followed by ut): to give orders respecting anything to anybody, rem demandare alicui, or transferre ad alterum: to fulfill or execute an order, jussum or imperatum facere; mandata efficere, conficere, perficere, exsequi, persequi: to obey an order, alicujus praeceptum observare, curare; alicujus dicto parere; audientem esse dicto or jussis alicujus; imperio alicujus obtemperare; (promptly), quod aliquis imperavit impigre facere; (zealously), imperata enixe facere; (punctually), imperata obedienter facere, praeceptum diligenter curare: to neglect or disobey an order, imperium aspernari, contemnere; imperium, mandatum negligere; decreto non stare: to act contrary to orders, contra edictum facere: to exceed an order, mandatum excedere, egredi.

Means to an end [Vid: MEANS]: in order to, ad.

Rank, class, ordo; genus: of the lowest order, infimi ordinis or generis: men of all orders, omnium ordinum homines.

Body of men, society, collegium, corpus (in modern Latin usually ordo or societas): the equestrian order, ordo equestris [☞ in his third edition. Georges prefers classis turmalis for an order of knighthood in our sense, ordo or regula never referring to a “society”]: to found an order, collegium or turmalem classem (of knights) constituere: to enter an order, collegio accedere; *classi turmali ascribi: the brothers of a (religious) order, ejusdem corporis monachi (after Liv., 6, 34): the rule of an order, *lex collegii or *classis turmalis: the dress of an order, vestis, quam monachi gerunt, or (of knights) quam equites gerunt (after Nep., Dat., 3, 1): the cross or riband of an order, *insigne or lemniscus classis turmalis: knights of the same order, *ejusdem classis equites: to receive an order, *turmalis classis insigni decorari (after Liv., 2, 6, 7): to wear an order, turmalis classis insignia gerere (after Liv., 45, 44, 19); *turmalis classis insignibus decoratum esse (after Liv., 2, 6, 7): men of the same order, ejusdem corporis homines (Liv., 5, 50): order of the golden fleece, *classis turmalis velleris aurei: a religious order, *corpus or collegium monachorum.

In architecture: ratio: mos: genus (Vitr.); e.g., the Doric order, Doricum columnarum genus; ratio Dorita; mos Doricus (Vitr.).

Orders, plur., in ecclesiastical sense, by circumlocution; e.g., to take orders, be admitted to orders, *in ordinem clericorum recipi; *consecrari; *inaugurari: in orders, *(ritu sollemni) in ordinem clericorum receptus.

To arrange, adjust, constituere (to fix or settle): ordinare, componere (to arrange, especially from a state of disorder): dispensare (to arrange carefully, regulate; Vid: Benecke, Justin., 7, 6, 4): describere (to divide, distribute duly; e.g., jura, rationem belli): disponere (to put each individual into its proper place):

To command, jubere; imperare; praecipere; praescribere; mandare, etc. SYN. and CONSTR. in COMMAND.