- ἐπιτάσσω
- ἐπιτάσσω 1 aor. ἐπέταξα. Pass.: 2 aor. ἐπετάγην LXX; pf. 3 sg. ἐπιτέτακται 1 Esdr 5:50; Ar. 4, 2; ptc. ἐπιτεταγμένος (s. prec. entry; Trag., Hdt. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, pseudepigr., Joseph.; Ar. 4, 2; Tat. 16, 1) to command with authority, order, command τινί someone (Soph., Ant. 664; X., Cyr. 4, 2, 33; SIG 83, 33; PTebt 59, 9; Gen 49:33; Esth 1:1q, 8) B 19:7; D 4:10. τοῖς πνεύμασι (cp. PGM 12, 316a τῷ θεῷ) Mk 1:27; Lk 4:36; cp. Mk 9:25; the wind and waves (cp. 2 Macc 9:8) Lk 8:25. τί τινι (Hdt.; SIG 748, 25 [71 B.C.]; Jos., Ant. 1, 172): τινὶ τὸ ἀνῆκον order someone (to do) his duty Phlm 8. τινί w. inf. foll. (Hdt. et al.): the pres. (X., An. 2, 3, 6; 1 Macc 4:41) Ac 23:2; Hs 9, 4, 4; 9, 5, 1; w. aor. inf. (X., Cyr. 7, 3, 14; SIG 683, 37 [140 B.C.]; OGI 443, 2) Mk 6:39; Lk 8:31. ἐ. foll. by aor. inf. without dat. (earlier Gk,, also oft. LXX) ἐπέταξεν ἐνέγκαι τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ he gave orders to bring his head Mk 6:27. Abs. (Thu. 1, 140, 2; POxy 294, 21 [22 A.D.] ὡς ἐπέταξεν ὁ ἡγεμών; Esth 8:8; 1 Macc 10:81; PGM 12, 316b) Lk 14:22; B 6:18.—Pass. ἐξελίσσειν τοὺς ἐπιτεταγμένους αὐτοῖς ὁρισμούς roll on in their appointed courses 1 Cl 20:3. τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα (SIG 742, 2; POxy 275, 11) ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως the king’s commands 37:3 (cp. SIG 748, 18 τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα ὑπʼ αὐτῶν; Herm. Wr. 16, 10b ὑπὸ τ. θεῶν).—M-M. TW.
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