ἐντολή

A. injunction, order, command, freq. in pl., orders, commands, Pi. Fr. 177, Hdt. 1.22, 3.147, A. Pr. 12, etc.; ἐντολαὶ θεοῦ 1 Ep.Cor. 7.19; ἐντολὰς δοῦναι Decr. ap. D. 18.75; ἐντολὴν ἐπιτελέειν Hdt. 1.157; royal ordinance, PTeb. 6.10 (ii B. C.); θεῖαι ἐ., of Imperial ordinances, SIG 888.51 (iii A. D.); ἀπ’ ἐντολῆς by proxy, Luc. Pr.Im. 16.—Rare in Trag. and Att. Prose.