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ἐπιστέλλω fut. -στελῶ to send to, send as a message or letter, Hdt., Attic:—absol. to send a message, write word, Eur., Thuc. to enjoin, command, τινί τι Thuc.; τινά τι Xen.; also, ἐπ. τινὶ or τινὰ ποιεῖν τι Soph., Xen.:—so, in Pass., ἐπέσταλτό οἱ . . c. inf., he had received orders to do, Hdt.; ἐπέσταλται τί τινι a matter has been committed to one, Aesch.; τὰ ἐπεσταλμένα orders given, Aesch. to order by will, Xen.

ShortDef

to send to, send as a message

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Headword:

ἐπιστέλλω

Headword (normalized):

ἐπιστέλλω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

επιστελλω

IDX:

12718

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n12721

Key:

e)piste/llw

Data

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