ἐπιστέλλω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπί (epí, upon) + στέλλω (stéllō, I prepare, send).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἐπῐστέλλω • (epĭstéllō)

  1. to send to, inform by letter/message
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.40.he wrote this letter and sent it to Samos:
      γράψας ἐς βυβλίον τάδε ἐπέστειλε ἐς Σάμον
      grápsas es bublíon táde epésteile es Sámon
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.239:
      ἔπειτα δὲ τοῖσι ἄλλοισι Ἕλλησι ἐπέστειλαν
      épeita dè toîsi álloisi Héllēsi epésteilan
      and [they] presently sent [the message] to the rest of the Greeks
  2. to order, command, esp. in writing
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.5.34:
      ἐγὼ ἐπιστέλλω σοι περὶ Περσῶν ᾗπερ γέγραπται
      egṑ epistéllō soi perì Persôn hēîper gégraptai
      I instruct you exactly as it is written
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.131:
      ἔφη οἱ ἐπεστάλθαι ἄλλο ἢ δόντα τὴν ταχίστην ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι
      éphē hoi epestálthai állo ḕ dónta tḕn takhístēn apallássesthai
      he said that he had been told only to give the gifts and then leave at once

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀντεπῐστέλλω (antepĭstéllō)
  • δῐεπῐστέλλω (dĭepĭstéllō)
  • ἐπῐστολᾱγράφος (epĭstolāgráphos)
  • ἐπῐστοληφόρος (epĭstolēphóros)
  • ἐπῐστολιᾱφόρος (epĭstoliāphóros)
  • ἐπῐστολόγρᾰφος (epĭstológrăphos)
  • πᾰρεπῐστέλλω (părepĭstéllō)
  • προεπῐστέλλω (proepĭstéllō)
  • προσεπῐστέλλω (prosepĭstéllō)
  • σῠνεπῐστέλλω (sŭnepĭstéllō)
  • ἐπίστᾰλμᾰ (epístălmă)
  • ἐπίστᾰλσῐς (epístălsĭs)
  • ἐπῐστᾰλτῐκός (epĭstăltĭkós)
  • ἐπῐστολάδην (epĭstoládēn)
  • ἐπῐστολεύς (epĭstoleús)
  • ἐπῐστολή (epĭstolḗ)
  • ἐπῐστολῐκός (epĭstolĭkós)
  • ἐπῐστολῐμαῖος (epĭstolĭmaîos)

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