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ἐπιστέλλω

ἐπιστέλλω, ἐπιστέλλω, send a message; order, command (+ dat. or acc. + inf.)

ἐπιστέλλω,
  • send to, γράψας ἐς βυβλίον τάδε ἐπέστειλε ἐς Σάμον Hdt. 3.40; τοῖσι Ἕλλησι Id. 7.239; ἡδίω . . ἂν εἶχον ὑμῖν . . ἐπιστέλλειν Th. 7.14; ἐ. ἐπιστολάς τινι D. 4.37, cf. Pl. Ep. 363b; send a message, τάδε E. IT 770; esp. by letter, write word, τοιαῦτα Lys. 20.27; περί τινος ὡς ἀδικοῦντος Th. 8.38; ἐ. ὅτι . . ib. 50, 99; τὰ ἐπισταλέντα ἐκ τῆς Σάμου the news received from Samos, ib. 50; τὰ ὑπό τινος ἐπεσταλμένα Plu. Art. 21.
      • 2 enjoin, command, τισί τι Th. 5.37; τὸν ἄγγελον ἐπιστείλας ταῦτα ἔπεμψε X. Cyr. 2.4.32; τινὶ περί τινος ib. 4.5.34: c. inf., ἐ. τινὶ ἀπίστασθαι Hdt. 6.3; τινὶ ἐκμαθεῖν E. Ph. 863; ὁ Κῦρος αὐτῷ ἐπέστελλε πρὸς Πέρσας λέγειν X. Cyr. 4.5.26; also ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι S. OT 106, X. Cyr. 5.5.1: without any case, give orders to do, A. Eu. 205, Th. 8.72, etc.; give orders in writing, Thphr. Char. 24.13:— Pass., ἔφη οὐδέν οἱ ἐπεστάλθαι ἄλλο ἢ ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι he had received orders to . ., Hdt. 4.131; καί μοι ἐκ βασιλέος ὧδε ἐπέσταλται Id. 6.97; αἷς ἐπέσταλται τέλος to whom the office has been committed, A. Ag. 908, cf. Eu. 743; τἀπεσταλμένα Id. Ch. 779; κατὰ τὰ ἐ. ὑπὸ Δημοσθένους Th. 4.8; ἀξιῶ ἐπισταλῆναί τισι c. inf., PRyl. 121.13 (ii A.D.): with personal construction, ταῦτα ἐπεσταλμένοι having received these instructions, Th. 5.37: in later writers, usu. of orders given in writing, Act.Ap. 15.20, 21.25, SIG 837.14 (ii A.D.), etc.; of orders for payment, POxy. 1304 (ii A.D.), etc.

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