ἐντέλλω,
enjoin, command, active only in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.40, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 269 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— mostly in middle, τινί τι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.47, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in a will, φίλοις ταῦτα ἐντέλλομαι [[ 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 66 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: with dative person et infinitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 393e, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐντείλασθαι ἀπὸ γλώσσης command by word of mouth, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in perfect, ἐντέταλται [[ LXX.1Ki.13.17; ἐντεταλμένοι εἴησαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.2.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.9.9 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]:—passive, τὰ ἐντεταλμένα commands, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60, 5.73, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 462, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II invest with legal powers, authorize to act, ἐ. σοι καὶ ἐπιτρέπω [[ “PLips.” 38.5 (4th c.AD),compare “PMasp.” 124.6 (6th c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.AD+]