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Ἐπιστέλλει · sends a message (ε 2618) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε2618

ε2614epistates, pot-stand, trivet
ε2615chairman, epistates
ε2616chairwoman, lady president
ε2617I supervise, I am in charge of
ε2618sends a message
ε2619crowned craters, crowned mixing-vessels
ε2620treading on
ε2621episteirion
ε2622you know, you understand; stand on (?)

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2618

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Ἐπιστέλλει

sends a message

Translated by William Hutton6 Dec 2007Vetting: high7 revisions

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2 notes · 33 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] orders, enjoins. "Now he sends a message clearly that we should punish amain the murderers."¹
"But the general passed the words of the Persians on to the emperor through a secretary."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπιστέλλει· ἐντέλλεται, ὑποτίθεται. νῦν ἐπιστέλλει σαφῶς τοὺς αὐτοέντας χειρὶ τιμωρεῖν τινας. ὁ δὲ στρατηγὸς τῶν Περσῶν τοὺς λόγους δι' ἐπιστολέως εἰς βασιλέα παρέπεμψεν.

Betacode

*)episte/llei: e)nte/lletai, u(poti/qetai. nu=n e)piste/llei safw=s tou\s au)toe/ntas xeiri\ timwrei=n tinas. o( de\ strathgo\s tw=n *persw=n tou\s lo/gous di' e)pistole/ws ei)s basile/a pare/pemyen.

Notes (2)

The headword, extracted from the quotation immediately following, is third person singular, present indicative active, of the verb e)piste/llw.
1Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 106-7 (web address 1), with glosses from the scholia. ↩
2An approximation of Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 1.15.13, via Excerpta de legationibus of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 480.19-20; cf. de Boor (70) and Whitby (42). In the spring of 586 Roman general Philippicus (cf. phi 349) relayed the peace proposal of Persian envoy Mebod (cf. generally alpha 1998 note) to Maurice (cf. mu 294). Find related entries at kappa 1021, sigma 1663, and sigma 1758. Neither this nor the source includes the headword verb but a related noun, e)pistoleu/s ('secretary'), for which see also epsilon 2631. The original has tou\s *persw=n lo/gous in place of the Suda's tw=n *persw=n tou\s lo/gous. The Suda's version leaves open the possibility that the compiler thought it was the Persian general who did the sending.

References

C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ε2616Ἐπιστάτιςchairwoman, lady president ε2617ἘπιστατῶI supervise, I am in charge of ε2618Ἐπιστέλλειsends a message ε2619Ἐπιστεφέας κρατῆραςcrowned craters, crowned mixing-vessels ε2620Ἐπιστείβωνtreading on

Revision history7 revisions · last 2 Jul 2025

2 Jul 2025added cross-references n.2 — Ronald Allen
5 Mar 2025expanded n.2, added bibliography and cross-references — Ronald Allen
11 Jul 2015coding — Catharine Roth
19 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
7 Dec 2007Removed redundant information in note — William Hutton
7 Dec 2007augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Dec 2007added cross-reference, set status — Catharine Roth
6 Dec 2007Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπιστέλλει (Adler number epsilon 2618), trans. William Hutton, 6 Dec 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2618

Translation by William Hutton for Suda On Line, revised by Ronald Allen, Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗