ἐπιστέλλω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[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; ἐπιστέλλω 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; <b class="b3">περί τινος</b> ὡς ἀδικοῦντος Th.8.38; <b class="b3">ἐπιστέλλω ὅτι . .</b> ib.50,99; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπισταλέντα ἐκ τῆς</b> [[Σάμος|Σάμου]] the [[news]] [[receive]]d from [[Samos]], ib.50; τὰ ὑπό τινος ἐπεσταλμένα Plu.''Art.''21.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[enjoin]], [[command]], τισί τι Th.5.37; <b class="b3">τὸν ἄγγελον</b> ἐπιστείλας ταῦτα ἔπεμψε X.''Cyr.''2.4.32; <b class="b3">τινὶ περί τινος</b> ib.4.5.34: c.inf., ἐ. τινὶ ἀπίστασθαι Hdt.6.3; τινὶ ἐκμαθεῖν E.''Ph.''863; <b class="b3">ὁ Κῦρος</b> αὐτῷ ἐπέστελλε πρὸς Πέρσας λέγειν X.''Cyr.''4.5.26; also <b class="b3">ἐπιστέλλω τινὰ ποιεῖν</b> 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., <b class="b3">ἔφη οὐδέν οἱ ἐπεστάλθαι ἄλλο ἢ ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι</b> he [[had received]] [[orders]] to... Hdt.4.131; καί μοι ἐκ βασιλέος ὧδε ἐπέσταλται Id.6.97; <b class="b3">αἷς ἐπέσταλται τέλος</b> to whom the [[office]] has been [[commit]]ted, A.''Ag.'' 908, cf. ''Eu.''743; τἀπεσταλμένα Id.''Ch.''779; κατὰ τὰ ἐ. ὑπὸ Δημοσθένους Th.4.8; <b class="b3">ἀξιῶ ἐπισταλῆναί τισι</b> c.inf., ''PRyl.''121.13 (ii A.D.): with personal construction, <b class="b3">ταῦτα ἐπεσταλμένοι</b> having [[receive]]d these [[instruction]]s, Th.5.37: in later writers, usually of [[orders given in writing]], ''Act.Ap.''15.20, 21.25, ''SIG''837.14 (ii A.D.), etc.; of [[order]]s for [[payment]], ''POxy.''1304 (ii A.D.), etc.