Advising

(III) To obey, serve, pardon, trust, advise, command, etc.

τοῖς νόμοις πείθου obey the laws I. 1.16, τῷ ῡ̔μετέρῳ ξυμφόρῳ ὑπακούειν to be subservient to your interests T. 5.98, ᾱ̓̀ν μηδεμιᾷ δουλεύῃς τῶν ἡδονῶν if you are the slave of no pleasure I. 2.29, ἐπίστευον αὐτῷ αἱ πόλεις the cities trusted him X. A. 1.9.8, στρατηγῷ στρατιώταις παραινοῦντι a general advising his men P. Ion 540 d, τῷ Μῡσῷ ἐσήμηνε φεύγειν he ordered the Mysian to flee X. A. 5.2.30, τῷ Κλεάρχῳ ἐβόᾱ ἄγειν he shouted to Clearchus to lead X. A. 1.8.12.

With verbs of swearing, commanding, saying , and advising the aorist may denote a resolution that has already been formed by the speaker and remains unalterable: σὲ . . . εἶπον τῆσδε γῆς ἔξω περᾶν I command thee (once and for all) to depart from out this land E. Med. 272, ἀπώμοσα I swear ‘nay’ S. Ph. 1289. This use is not confined to dialogue.

Verbs of commanding and exhorting (κελεύω, λέγω, βοῶ), asking (αἰτῶ, ἀξιῶ), advising (συμβουλεύω), and other verbs of will or desire of like meaning, take μή.

ἐκέλευε . . . μὴ ἐρεθίζειν he ordered him not to provoke his wrath P. R. 393e, ἔλεγον αὐτοῖς μὴ ἀδικεῖν they told them not to commit injustice T. 2.5, ἐβόων ἀλλήλοις μὴ θεῖν they shouted to each other not to run X. A. 1.8.19, ῑ̔κέτευε μὴ κτεῖναι he besought them not to kill him L. 1.25, συμβουλεύω σοι . . . μὴ ἀφαιρεῖσθαι ἃ ἂν δῷς I advise you not to take away what you may have given X. C. 4.5.32.