ἐντέλλω

entello

enjoin, command

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Charmides 1
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Chapter ?

157b7
Protagoras 1
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325d8
Republic 1
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Book III 1
Chapter ?

393e5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐντέλλω, A. enjoin, command, Act. only in Pi. O. 7.40, S. Fr. 269:— mostly in Med., τινί τι Hdt. 1.47, etc.; in a will, φίλοις ταῦτα ἐντέλλομαι Diog.Oen. 66: c. dat. pers. et inf., Hdt. 1.53, Pl. R. 393e, etc.; ἐντείλασθαι ἀπὸ γλώσσης command by word of mouth, Hdt. 1.123: so in pf., ἐντέταλται LXX 3 Ki. 13.17; ἐντεταλμένοι εἴησαν Plb. 18.2.1, cf. Hdn. 1.9.9:—Pass., τὰ ἐντεταλμένα commands, Hdt. 1.60,5.73, S. Fr. 462, X. Cyr. 5.5.3. II. invest with legal powers, authorize to act, ἐ. σοι καὶ ἐπιτρέπω PLips. 38.5 (iv A. D.), cf. PMasp. 124.6 (vi A. D.).

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