ἐπιστέλλω,
send to, γράψας ἐς βυβλίον τάδε ἐπέστειλε ἐς Σάμον [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
send a message, τάδε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially by letter,
write word, τοιαῦτα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; περί τινος ὡς ἀδικοῦντος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐπισταλέντα ἐκ τῆς Σάμου the
news received from Samos,[
Refs 1st c.AD+]
2).
enjoin, command, τισί τι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν ἄγγελον ἐπιστείλας ταῦτα ἔπεμψε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.
infinitive, ἐ. τινὶ ἀπίστασθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ Κῦρος αὐτῷ ἐπέστελλε πρὸς Πέρσας λέγειν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: without any case,
give orders to do, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
give orders in writing, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] —
passive, ἔφη οὐδέν οἱ ἐπεστάλθαι ἄλλο ἢ ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι he
had received orders to, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἷς ἐπέσταλται τέλος to whom the office
has been committed, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀξιῶ ἐπισταλῆναί τισι c.
infinitive, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
having received these
instructions, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in later writers, usually of
orders given in writing, [
NT+2nd c.AD+], etc; of
orders for payment, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]