ἐπιστέλλω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">send to</b>, γράψας ἐς βυβλίον τάδε ἐπέστειλε ἐς Σάμον <span class="bibl">Hdt. 3.40</span>; τοῖσι Ἕλλησι <span class="bibl">Id.7.239</span>; ἡδίω . . ἂν εἶχον ὑμῖν . . ἐπιστέλλειν <span class="bibl">Th. 7.14</span>; ἐ. ἐπιστολάς τινι <span class="bibl">D.4.37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>363b</span>; <b class="b2">send a message</b>, τάδε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>770</span>; esp. by letter, <b class="b2">write word</b>, τοιαῦτα <span class="bibl">Lys.20.27</span>; <b class="b3">περί τινος</b> ὡς ἀδικοῦντος <span class="bibl">Th.8.38</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ὅτι . .</b> ib.<span class="bibl">50</span>,<span class="bibl">99</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπισταλέντα ἐκ τῆς</b> <b class="b3">Σάμου</b> the <b class="b2">news received</b> from Samos, ib.<span class="bibl">50</span>; τὰ ὑπό τινος ἐπεσταλμένα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Art.</span>21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. <b class="b2">enjoin, command</b>, τισί τι <span class="bibl">Th.5.37</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν ἄγγελον</b> ἐπιστείλας ταῦτα ἔπεμψε <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.32</span>; <b class="b3">τινὶ περί τινος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">4.5.34</span>: c.inf., ἐ. τινὶ ἀπίστασθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.3</span>; τινὶ ἐκμαθεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>863</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ Κῦρος</b> αὐτῷ ἐπέστελλε πρὸς Πέρσας λέγειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.26</span>; also <b class="b3">ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν</b> τι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>106</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.5.1</span>: without any case, <b class="b2">give orders</b> to do, <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Eu.</span>205</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.72</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">give orders in writing</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>24.13</span>:— Pass., <b class="b3">ἔφη οὐδέν οἱ ἐπεστάλθαι ἄλλο ἢ ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι</b> he <b class="b2">had received</b> [[orders]] to... <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.131</span>; καί μοι ἐκ βασιλέος ὧδε ἐπέσταλται <span class="bibl">Id.6.97</span>; <b class="b3">αἷς ἐπέσταλται τέλος</b> to whom the office <b class="b2">has been committed</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 908</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>743</span>; τἀπεσταλμένα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>779</span>; κατὰ τὰ ἐ. ὑπὸ Δημοσθένους <span class="bibl">Th.4.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἀξιῶ ἐπισταλῆναί τισι</b> c.inf., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>121.13</span> (ii A.D.): with personal construction, <b class="b3">ταῦτα ἐπεσταλμένοι</b> <b class="b2">having received</b> these [[instructions]], <span class="bibl">Th.5.37</span>: in later writers, usu. of <b class="b2">orders given in writing</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>15.20</span>, <span class="bibl">21.25</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>837.14 (ii A.D.), etc.; of [[orders]] for payment, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1304</span> (ii A.D.), etc.</span>