ἐπι-τᾰγή, ἡ,
(ἐπιτάσσω) ={-ταγμα}, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 13.4.3, LXX.1Esd.1.18; νόμων ἐπιταγαί 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.70; τὰς ἐ. δυσχερῶς φέροντες 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.6.1 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]; imposition of taxes, αἱ ἐ. τῶν εἰσφορῶν [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.19. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 especially of oracles or divine commands, κατ᾽ ἐπιταγήν [[ “SIG” 1153 (from Athens)] Refs]; κατ᾽ ἐ. τοῦ θεοῦ [[ “JHS” 26.28, etc.; κατ᾽ ἐ. τοῦ αἰωνίου θεοῦ NT.Rom.16.26, cf. NT.1Cor.7.6. ] NT]