1.to send to, send as a message or letter, Hdt., attic:—absol. to send a message, write word, Eur., Thuc.
2.to enjoin, command, τινί τι id=Thuc.; τινά τι Xen.; also, ἐπ. τινὶ or τινὰ ποιεῖν τι Soph., Xen.:—so, in Pass., ἐπέσταλτό οἱ . . c. inf., he had received orders to do, Hdt.; ἐπέσταλται τί τινι a matter has been committed to one, Aesch.; τὰ ἐπεσταλμένα orders given, id=Aesch.
3.to order by will, Xen.