ἐπιστέλλω
γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν → we are all made for mutual assistance, as the feet, the hands, and the eyelids, as the rows of the upper and under teeth, from whence it follows that clashing and opposition is perfectly unnatural
English (LSJ)
A 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.IT770; 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.OT106, 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, SIG837.14 (ii A.D.), etc.; of orders for payment, POxy.1304 (ii A.D.), etc.
