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ἐπιστολή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιστολή ἐπιστολῆς

Structure: ἐπιστολ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: e)piste/llw

Sense

  1. message, letter
  2. command, commission, injunction
  3. dying command, will (legal document)

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐπιστολή ἐπιστολᾱ́ ἐπιστολαί
Genitive ἐπιστολῆς ἐπιστολαῖν ἐπιστολῶν
Dative ἐπιστολῇ ἐπιστολαῖν ἐπιστολαῖς
Accusative ἐπιστολήν ἐπιστολᾱ́ ἐπιστολᾱ́ς
Vocative ἐπιστολή ἐπιστολᾱ́ ἐπιστολαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ κέλεσθέ με κατὰ τὰν προθεσμίαν παραγίνεσθαι, ἕπομαι τᾷ ἐπιστολᾷ, σχεδὸν δ’ αὐτὰν καὶ φθάσω· (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 41 1:1)
  • "ἐπεὶ δὲ κέλεσθέ με κατὰ τὰν προθεσμίαν παραγίνεσθαι, ἕπομαι τᾷ ἐπιστολᾷ, σχεδὸν δ’ αὐτὰν καὶ φθάσω· (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 414)

Synonyms

  1. message

  2. command

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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