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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

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

  • καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἡμέραισ ἐκείναισ ἀπὸ πολλῶν ἐντίμων Ἰούδα ἐπιστολαὶ ἐπορεύοντο πρὸσ Τωβίαν, καὶ αἱ Τωβία ἤρχοντο πρὸσ αὐτούσ, (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 6:17)
  • ἔτι αἱ ἐπιστολαὶ ἀνεγινώσκοντο, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄγγελοι ἕτεροι παρεγένοντο ἐκ τῆσ Γαλιλαίασ διερρηχότεσ τὰ ἱμάτια ἀπαγγέλλοντεσ κατὰ τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα λέγοντες (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 5:14)
  • ἔτι πρότερον ἀπεστάλησαν ἐπιστολαὶ πρὸσ Ὀνίαν τὸν ἀρχιερέα παρὰ Δαρείου τοῦ βασιλεύοντοσ ἐν ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐστὲ ἀδελφοὶ ἡμῶν, ὡσ τὸ ἀντίγραφον ὑπόκειται. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 12:7)
  • ἦσαν γὰρ αἱ γεγραμμέναι τοῖσ Ἰουδαίοισ ἐπιστολαί, παρὰ μὲν Λυσίου περιέχουσαι τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον. «Λυσίασ τῷ πλήθει τῶν Ἰουδαίων χαίρειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 11:16)
  • αἵδ’ ἐπιστολαί, τάδ’ ἐστὶ τἀν δέλτοισιν ἐγγεγραμμένα. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric 6:19)

Synonyms

  1. message

  2. command

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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