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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