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ἐπιτάσσω 1 2

I.to put upon one as a duty, to enjoin, τί τινι Hdt., etc.:—c. dat. pers. et inf. to order one to do, id=Hdt., attic:—absol. to impose commands, Thuc.; τινί on one, Soph.:—Pass. with fut. mid. -τάξομαι, aor1 -ετάχθην, perf. -τέταγμαι:— to accept orders, submit to commands, Eur., Ar.; c. acc. rei, Thuc.:—of things, to be ordered, ὁ στρατὸς ὁ ἐπιταχθεὶς ἑκάστοισι Hdt.; τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα orders given, id=Hdt.
II.to place next or beside, id=Hdt., Xen.:— Mid., τοὺς ἱππέας ἐπετάξαντο they had the cavalry placed next, Thuc.
2.to place behind, c. gen., Hdt.: absol. to place in reserve, Plut.:—Mid., Xen.
3.to set in command over, οἱ ἐπιτεταγμένοι set as guards over the waggons, Thuc.

1 attic -ττω

2 fut. ξω

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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