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ἐντέλλω, to enjoin, command

ἐντέλλω,
  • enjoin, command, Act. only in Pi. O. 7.40, S. Fr. 269:— mostly in Med., τινί τι Hdt. 1.47, etc.; in a will, φίλοις ταῦτα ἐντέλλομαι Diog.Oen. 66: c. dat. pers. et inf., Hdt. 1.53, Pl. R. 393e, etc.; ἐντείλασθαι ἀπὸ γλώσσης command by word of mouth, Hdt. 1.123: so in pf., ἐντέταλται LXX 3 Ki. 13.17; ἐντεταλμένοι εἴησαν Plb. 18.2.1, cf. Hdn. 1.9.9:—Pass., τὰ ἐντεταλμένα commands, Hdt. 1.60, 5.73, S. Fr. 462, X. Cyr. 5.5.3.
    • II invest with legal powers, authorize to act, ἐ. σοι καὶ ἐπιτρέπω PLips. 38.5 (iv A. D.), cf. PMasp. 124.6 (vi A. D.).

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