ἐπιστέλλω
ἐπιστέλλω,
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.
ShortDef
to send to, send as a message
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἐπιστέλλω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
επιστελλω
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-41000
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἐπιστέλλω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">send to</span>, <span class="quote greek">γράψας ἐς βυβλίον τάδε ἐπέστειλε ἐς Σάμον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.40 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῖσι Ἕλλησι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:239" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.239/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.239 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡδίω .. ἂν εἶχον ὑμῖν .. ἐπιστέλλειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 7.14 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐ. ἐπιστολάς τινι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 4.37 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:363b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:363b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 363b </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">send a message</span>, <span class="quote greek">τάδε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:770" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:770/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 770 </a> ; esp. by letter, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">write word</span>, <span class="quote greek">τοιαῦτα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg020.perseus-grc1:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg020.perseus-grc1:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 20.27 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">περί τινος</span> <span class="quote greek">ὡς ἀδικοῦντος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.38 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐ. ὅτι .. </span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:50/canonical-url/"> 50 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:99" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:99/canonical-url/"> 99 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ἐπισταλέντα ἐκ τῆς</span> <span class="foreign greek">Σάμου</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">news received</span> from Samos, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:50/canonical-url/"> 50 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὰ ὑπό τινος ἐπεσταλμένα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg064:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg064:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 21 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">enjoin, command</span>, <span class="quote greek">τισί τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.37 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸν ἄγγελον</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐπιστείλας ταῦτα ἔπεμψε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:4:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:4:32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.4.32 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τινὶ περί τινος</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:5:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:5:34/canonical-url/"> 4.5.34 </a>: c.inf., <span class="quote greek">ἐ. τινὶ ἀπίστασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τινὶ ἐκμαθεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:863" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:863/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 863 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ Κῦρος</span> <span class="quote greek">αὐτῷ ἐπέστελλε πρὸς Πέρσας λέγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:5:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:5:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 4.5.26 </a> ; also <span class="foreign greek">ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν</span> <span class="itype greek">τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:106/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 106 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:5:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:5:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 5.5.1 </a>: without any case, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">give orders</span> to do, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:205" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:205/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 205 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.72 </a>, etc.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">give orders in writing</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg009:24:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg009:24.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Char.</span> 24.13 </a>:— Pass., <span class="foreign greek">ἔφη οὐδέν οἱ ἐπεστάλθαι ἄλλο ἢ ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι</span> he <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">had received</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">orders</span> to .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:131" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.131/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.131 </a>; <span class="quote greek">καί μοι ἐκ βασιλέος ὧδε ἐπέσταλται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.97/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 6.97 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">αἷς ἐπέσταλται τέλος</span> to whom the office <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">has been committed</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:908" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:908/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 908 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:743" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:743/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 743 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τἀπεσταλμένα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:779" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:779/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 779 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κατὰ τὰ ἐ. ὑπὸ Δημοσθένους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.8 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀξιῶ ἐπισταλῆναί τισι</span> c.inf., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PRyl.</span> 121.13 </span> (ii A.D.): with personal construction, <span class="foreign greek">ταῦτα ἐπεσταλμένοι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">having received</span> these <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">instructions</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.37 </a>: in later writers, usu. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">orders given in writing</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:15:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:15.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Act.Ap.</span> 15.20 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:21:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:21.25/canonical-url/"> 21.25 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 837.14 </span> (ii A.D.), etc.; of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">orders</span> for payment, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 1304 </span> (ii A.D.), etc.</div> </div><br><br>'}