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ἐπιτέλλω

epitello

enjoin, prescribe, command

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιτέλλω (A), aor. ἐπέτειλα:—Med., aor. ἐπετειλάμην A.R. 3.264:—Pass., 3sg. plpf. ἐπὶ.. ἐτέταλτο Il. 2.643:—Α. enjoin, prescribe, command, Hom., etc.—Constr. : c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, ἀλόχῳ δʼ ἐπὶ μῦθον ἔτελλεν spake a speech of command to her, Od. 23.349 : c. acc. rei only, κρατερὸν δʼ 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 μʼ ὧδʼ ἐπέτελλε (sc. ποιεῖν) 24.780, cf. 11.765, Od. 17.9:—Med., just like Act., ἄλλοισιν δὴ ταῦτʼ ἐπιτέλλεο Il. 1.295 ; [νόστον Ἀχαιῶν] ἐπετείλατο Παλλάς Od. 1.327 ; ὁ δέ μοι χαλεποὺς ἐπετέλλετʼ 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:—Pass., τῷ δʼ ἐπὶ πάντʼ ἐτέταλτο ἀνασσέμεν Αἰτωλοῖσι Il. 2.643, cf. Od. 11.524.—Poet. and later Prose, BGU 886.2 (Med., ii A.D.), PThead. 18.4 (iii/iv A.D.).
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