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ἐντέλλω

entello

enjoin, command

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 55 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐντέλλω · entellō — LSJ

enjoin, command, command, commands

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

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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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τέλλω (scan p. 1513; entry #6001).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τέλλω (scan p. 1120; entry #7902).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τέλλω (scan p. 1842; entry #5586).

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