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1 OL-, a row, line, series, order, rank : arborum derecti in quincuncem ordines: ordines caespitum, courses , Cs.: tot premit ordinibus caput, layers (of ornaments), Iu.: terno consurgunt ordine remi, in three rows of oar-banks , V.: sedisti in quattuordecim ordinibus, i. e. seats of Equites : comitum longissimus ordo, Iu.— A line, rank, array : aciem ordinesque constituere: nullo ordine iter facere, Cs.: nullo ordine commutato, S.: signa atque ordines observare, keep the ranks , S.: multiplicatis in arto ordinibus, L.: nosse ordines, understand tactics , Ta.— Band, troop, company, century : viri qui ordines duxerunt, who have commanded companies : ordinemin exercitu ducere, Cs.— A captaincy, command : mihi decumum ordinem hastatum adsignavit (i. e. centurionem me decimi ordinis hastatorum fecit), L.: tribunis militum primisque ordinibus convocatis, the captains of the first companies , Cs.— An order, rank, class, degree : equester, Cs.: senatorius: in amplissimum ordinem cooptare, into the senate : magna frequentia eius ordinis, S.— A class, rank, station, condition : superioris ordinis nonnulli, Cs.: publicanorum: homo ornatissimus loco, ordine, nomine.—Fig., right order, regular succession : fatum appello ordinem seriemque causarum: mox referam me ad ordinem, return to order : eundem tenere, preserve : immutare, change : perturbare, disturb : decemviri querentes, se in ordinem cogi, i. e. were degraded to the ranks , L.: nec quo prius ordine currunt, in order, as before , O.: ordinem Rectum evagans licentia, H.—In adverb . uses, turn, order, succession, regularity : Hegioni rem enarrato omnem ordine, in detail , T.: tabulae in ordinem confectae: ordine cuncta exposuit, L.: ut quisque . . . ita sententiam dixit ex ordine: Septem totos ex ordine menses, in succession , V.: an recte, ordine, e re p. factum, properly : extra ordinem ad patriam defendendam vocatus, irregularly : spem, quam extra ordinem de te ipso habemus, in an extraordinary degree .