ἐπιτάσσω,
Attic dialect ἐπιτάττω, put upon one as a duty, enjoin, τι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.111, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 839, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί τινι, as ἐ. ἄεθλόν τινι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.43, compare 1.155; ἐπέταξε πόνους ἄλλοισιν ἄλλους 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 9; ἐπιτάξαντος τᾷ πόλει Γαλλίου σῖτον καὶ Ἀνχαρίου ἱμάτια “SIG” 748.25 (1st c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative person et infinitive, order one to do, ἐ. τοῖσι μὲν πεζὸν στρατὸν..παρέχειν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.83, compare 3.159, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 69, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.11, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with accusative et infinitive, enjoin or order that.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 5.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; with the case omitted, ἐ. ἀποφορὴν ἐπιτελέειν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.109, compare 137 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, impose commands, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινί on one, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 664 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, accept orders, submit to commands, εἰ 'πιταξόμεσθα δή [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 521; ἐπιταττόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 686 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, οἱ ἐπιταττόμενοι γαμεῖν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 925e: with _accusative_ _of things_, ἄλλο τι ἐπιταχθήσεσθε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, to be ordered, ὁ στρατὸς ὁ -θεὶς ἑκάστοισι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.95; so Λακεδαιμονίοις..ναῦς ἐπετάχθησαν ποιεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] assuming variant; τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα ἐπετέλεον orders given, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.115; τἀπιταχθέντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 20b, +others; κατὰ νόμον τὸν ἐπιταχθησόμενον [prev. author] “Lg.” 740c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δικαίωσις τοῖς πέλας -ομένη dictated, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141: in Mathematics texts, τὸ ἐπιταχθέν] Refs 5th c.BC+] what was prescribed, [[ 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 4.1, +others ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πλευρὰς ἔχον ὅσας ἄν τις ἐπιτάξῃ with as many sides as you please, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 290.26. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]