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εντολή
command /e.ndoˈli/
nounA2#963 most common
Also: order, instruction, mandate
Example sentences
Αυτή είναι μια εντολή.
This is an order.
Ο διευθυντής έδωσε μια εντολή στους εργάτες.
The manager gave an order to the workers.
Πρέπει να εκτελέσεις αυτή την εντολή αμέσως.
You must carry out this command immediately.
Ο υπολογιστής δεν αναγνώρισε την εντολή που πληκτρολόγησα.
The computer did not recognize the command I typed.
Ο Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας έδωσε εντολή σχηματισμού κυβέρνησης στον αρχηγό του κόμματος.
The President of the Republic gave the mandate to form a government to the party leader.
Η εντολή για απόσυρση των στρατευμάτων παρέμεινε ανεκτέλεστη, καθώς οι διαταγές ήταν αντιφατικές.
The order to withdraw the troops remained unexecuted, since the commands were contradictory.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | εντολή | εντολές |
| Genitive | εντολής | εντολών |
| Accusative | εντολή | εντολές |
| Vocative | εντολή | εντολές |
Word family
εντέλλομαιto enjoin, command, instruct
εντολέαςprincipal, mandator (one who gives the order)
εντολοδόχοςmandatary, agent (one who receives the order)
εντεταλμένοςmandated, commissioned (e.g. εντεταλμένος σύμβουλος, managing director)
εντολοδότηςone who issues instructions, ordering party
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐντολή 'injunction, command,' a verbal noun built on ἐντέλλομαι 'to enjoin, command,' itself ἐν- 'upon' + τέλλω 'to accomplish, set in motion.' It passed unchanged through Koine, where it became the standard term for the biblical commandments (Δέκα Εντολές, the Ten Commandments). In Modern Greek it broadened to cover orders, legal mandates, and computer instructions. The same verb τέλλω underlies ἀνατολή 'sunrise, east.'
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