ἐπιτάσσω
Infl. attic -ττω
Infl. fut. ξω
I. "to put upon" one "as a duty, to enjoin", τί τινι Hdt., etc.:—c. dat. pers. et inf. "to order" one "to" do, id=Hdt., attic:—absol. "to impose commands", Thuc.; τινί on one, Soph.:—Pass. with fut. mid. -τάξομαι, aor1 -ετάχθην, perf. -τέταγμαι:— "to accept orders, submit to commands", Eur., Ar.; c. acc. rei, Thuc.:—of things, "to be ordered", ὁ στρατὸς ὁ ἐπιταχθεὶς ἑκάστοισι Hdt.; τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα "orders given", id=Hdt.
II. "to place next or beside", id=Hdt., Xen.:— Mid., τοὺς ἱππέας ἐπετάξαντο "they had" the cavalry "placed next", Thuc.
2. "to place behind", c. gen., Hdt.: absol. "to place in reserve", Plut.:—Mid., Xen.
3. "to set in command over", οἱ ἐπιτεταγμένοι "set as guards over" the waggons, Thuc.