ἐπιστέλλω

ἐπιστέλλω,

A 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

;

ἐ. ἐπιστολάς τινι D.4.37

, cf. Pl.Ep.363b; send a message,

τάδε E.IT770

; esp. by letter, write word,

τοιαῦτα Lys.20.27

; περί τινος

ὡς ἀδικοῦντος Th.8.38

; ἐ. ὅτι . . ib.50,99; τὰ ἐπισταλέντα ἐκ τῆς Σάμου the news received from Samos, ib.50;

τὰ ὑπό τινος ἐπεσταλμένα Plu.Art.21

.

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.OT106, 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:— [voice] 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, SIG837.14 (ii A.D.), etc.; of orders for payment, POxy.1304 (ii A.D.), etc.