ἐπιτέλλω

ἐπιτέλλω (A), [tense] aor. ἐπέτειλα:—[voice] Med., [tense] aor.

A

ἐπετειλάμην A.R.3.264

:—[voice] Pass., [ per.] 3sg. [tense] plpf.

ἐπὶ.. ἐτέταλτο Il.2.643

:—enjoin, prescribe, command, Hom., etc.—Constr. : c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, ἀλόχῳ δ' ἐπὶ μῦθον ἔτελλεν spake a speech of command to her, Od.23.349 : c. acc. rei only,

κρατερὸν δ' ἐπὶ μῦθον ἔτελλε Il.1.25

, etc. ;

μῦθον.. ὃν Νέστωρ ἐπέτελλε 11.840

; ἐλήθετο συνθεσιάων ἃς ἐπέτελλε.. Διομήδης which he enjoined, prescribed, 5.320 ; ἐφετμέων ἃς ἐπέτειλας ib.818 ; [ἀέθλους] Hes.Th.995 ; so

θάνατον ἐπιτέλλειν Pi.N.10.77

; ἐ. μόχθων τέρματα fix them, A.Pr.100 (where others take it intr. arise, appear) : c. dat. pers. only, give orders to,

ἐπὴν εὖ τοῖς ἐπιτείλω Il.10.63

, 13.753, etc. : and so abs.,

ὁ δὲ σημαίνων ἐπέτελλεν 21.445

: c. dat. pers. et inf., order him to do, 12.84, 21.230 ; so πέμπων μ' ὧδ' ἐπέτελλε (sc. ποιεῖν) 24.780, cf. 11.765, Od.17.9:—[voice] Med., just like [voice] Act.,

ἄλλοισιν δὴ ταῦτ' ἐπιτέλλεο Il.1.295

; [νόστον Ἀχαιῶν]

ἐπετείλατο Παλλάς Od.1.327

;

ὁ δέ μοι χαλεποὺς ἐπετέλλετ' ἀέθλους 11.622

;

κραδίῃ ἀνίας A.R. 3.264

: c. dat. pers. et inf., Od.21.240 : abs., 17.21 ;

ἁγητὴρ υἱῷ ἐπιτελλόμενος Pi.P.1.70

:—[voice] Pass.,

τῷ δ' ἐπὶ πάντ' ἐτέταλτο ἀνασσέμεν Αἰτωλοῖσι Il.2.643

, cf. Od.11.524.—Poet. and later Prose, BGU886.2 ([voice] Med., ii A.D.), PThead.18.4 (iii/iv A.D.).

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ἐπιτέλλω (B), [voice] Pass.,

A rise, of stars,

Πληϊάδων.. ἐπιτελλομενάων Hes. Op.383

; Ἀρκτοῦρος.. ἐπιτέλλεται ib.567 ;

ἠελίοιο νέον -ομένοιο h.Merc. 371

: so intr. in [voice] Act., Hp.Int.39, Democr.14, Arist.Mete.345b23, Plb. 9.15.9, etc. : the [tense] aor. part. ἐπιπλόμενος belongs as much to this verb as to ἐπιπέλομαι (q.v.).

2 metaph. of love,

ὡραῖος καὶ Ἔρως ἐπιτέλλεται Thgn.1275

. (Hence ἐπιπολή and (later) ἐπιτολή.)