A.send to, “γράψας ἐς βυβλίον τάδε ἐπέστειλε ἐς Σάμον” Hdt. 3.40; “τοῖσι Ἕλλησι” Id.7.239; “ἡδίω . . ἂν εἶχον ὑμῖν . . ἐπιστέλλειν” Th. 7.14; “ἐ. ἐπιστολάς τινι” D.4.37, cf. Pl.Ep.363b; send a message, “τάδε” E.IT770; esp. by letter, write word, “τοιαῦτα” Lys.20.27; περί τινος “ὡς ἀδικοῦντος” Th.8.38; ἐ. ὅτι . . ib.50,99; τὰ ἐπισταλέντα ἐκ τῆς Σάμου the news received from Samos, ib.50; “τὰ ὑπό τινος ἐπεσταλμένα” Plu.Art.21.
2.. enjoin, command, “τισί τι” Th.5.37; τὸν ἄγγελον “ἐπιστείλας ταῦτα ἔπεμψε” X.Cyr.2.4.32; τινὶ περί τινος ib.4.5.34: c.inf., “ἐ. τινὶ ἀπίστασθαι” Hdt.6.3; “τινὶ ἐκμαθεῖν” E.Ph.863; ὁ Κῦρος “αὐτῷ ἐπέστελλε πρὸς Πέρσας λέγειν” X.Cyr.4.5.26; also ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι S.OT106, X.Cyr.5.5.1: without any case, give orders to do, A. Eu.205, Th.8.72, etc.; give orders in writing, Thphr.Char.24.13:— Pass., ἔφη οὐδέν οἱ ἐπεστάλθαι ἄλλο ἢ ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι he had received orders to . . , Hdt.4.131; “καί μοι ἐκ βασιλέος ὧδε ἐπέσταλται” Id.6.97; αἷς ἐπέσταλται τέλος to whom the office has been committed, A.Ag. 908, cf. Eu.743; “τἀπεσταλμένα” Id.Ch.779; “κατὰ τὰ ἐ. ὑπὸ Δημοσθένους” Th.4.8; ἀξιῶ ἐπισταλῆναί τισι c.inf., PRyl.121.13 (ii A.D.): with personal construction, ταῦτα ἐπεσταλμένοι having received these instructions, Th.5.37: in later writers, usu. of orders given in writing, Act.Ap.15.20, 21.25, SIG837.14 (ii A.D.), etc.; of orders for payment, POxy.1304 (ii A.D.), etc.
