ἐπιτέλλω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐπι- (epi-) + τέλλω (téllō)

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἐπιτέλλω (epitéllō)

  1. to order, command, enjoin

Usage notes

Tmesis is common with this verb, so that ἐπί (epí) is written before another sentence element and is separated from τέλλω (téllō).

Conjugation

Further reading

  • ἐπιτέλλω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἐπιτέλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἐπιτέλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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