ἐπιτάσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. ἐπιτάττω, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[put upon]] one [[as a duty]], [[enjoin]], τι <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.111</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>839</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">τί τινι</b>, as ἐ. ἄεθλόν τινι <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.43</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.155</span> ; ἐπέταξε πόνους ἄλλοισιν ἄλλους B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>9 ; ἐπιτάξαντος τᾷ πόλει Γαλλίου σῖτον καὶ Ἀνχαρίου ἱμάτια <span class="title">SIG</span>748.25 (i B.C.) : c. dat. pers. et inf., [[order]] one [[to]] do, ἐ. τοῖσι μὲν πεζὸν στρατὸν..παρέχειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.83</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.159</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span> 69</span>, <span class="bibl">And.3.11</span>, etc. : rarely c. acc. et inf., [[enjoin]] or <b class="b2">order that.</b>., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span> 5.8</span> ; with the case omitted, ἐ. ἀποφορὴν ἐπιτελέειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.109</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">137</span> : abs., [[impose commands]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.140</span>, al. ; <b class="b3">τινί</b> on one, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>664</span>:— Pass., [[accept orders]], [[submit to commands]], εἰ 'πιταξόμεσθα δή <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 521</span> ; ἐπιταττόμενος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>686</span> : c. inf., οἱ ἐπιταττόμενοι γαμεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 925e</span> : c. acc. rei, ἄλλο τι ἐπιταχθήσεσθε <span class="bibl">Th.1.140</span> ; of things, to [[be ordered]], ὁ στρατὸς ὁ -θεὶς ἑκάστοισι <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.95</span> ; so Λακεδαιμονίοις..ναῦς ἐπετάχθησαν ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.2.7</span> s. v.l. ; τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα ἐπετέλεον [[orders given]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.115</span> ; τἀπιταχθέντα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>20b</span>, al. ; κατὰ νόμον τὸν ἐπιταχθησόμενον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>740c</span> ; δικαίωσις τοῖς πέλας -ομένη [[dictated]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.141</span> : Math., <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπιταχθέν</b> what was [[prescribed]], <span class="bibl">Euc.4.1</span>, al. ; <b class="b3">πλευρὰς ἔχον ὅσας ἄν τις ἐπιτάξῃ</b> with as many sides as you [[please]], <span class="bibl">Papp.290.26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[use the imperative mood]], εὔχεσθαι οἰόμενος ἐπιτάττει εἰπὼν μῆνιν ἄειδε θεά.. τὸ γὰρ κελεῦσαι, φησί,..ἐπίταξίς ἐστιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span> 1456b16</span> ; opp. <b class="b3">κελεύειν</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.76.33. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[place next]] or [[beside]], [Σαγάρτιοι] ἐπετετάχατο ἐς τοὺς Πέρσας <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.85</span> ; ἐπετέτακτο Ἀριστοκράτει Περικλῆς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.6.29</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">τοὺς ἱππέας ἐπετάξαντο ἐπὶ τῷ δεξιῷ</b> they [[had]] the cavalry [[placed next]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.67</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[place behind]], ὄπισθεν τοῦ πεζοῦ τὴν ἵππον <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.80</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>471d</span> (Pass.):—Med., ἐπιτάξασθαι τῇ φάλαγγι λόχους <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.5.9</span>:—Pass., τοῖσι μυρίοισι ἐπετέτακτο ἵππος Περσέων μυρίη <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.41</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Luc.</span>31</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Tact.</span> 29.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>25.10</span> ; Ἀράβιοι ἔσχατοι ἐπετετάχατο <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.87</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> Gramm., [[place after]], in Pass., αὐτὸς πάσῃ ἀντωνυμίᾳ -τάσσεται <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>34.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Synt.</span>138.23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[set in command over]], τινί <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>1.24.1</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">οἱ ἐπιτεταγμένοι</b> [[set as guards over]] the wagons, <span class="bibl">Th.5.72</span> ; ταῖς βασιλικαῖς ἐπιστολαῖς -ταχθείς <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>2.24.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.63d</span>.</span>