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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 ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ τρέχοντεσ σὺν ταῖσ ἐπιστολαῖσ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέωσ καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων εἰσ πάντα Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἰούδαν κατὰ τὸ πρόσταγμα τοῦ βασιλέωσ λέγοντεσ. οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπιστρέψατε πρὸσ Κύριον Θεὸν Ἁβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐπιστρέψει τοὺσ ἀνασεσωσμένουσ τοὺσ καταλειφθέντασ ἀπὸ χειρὸσ βασιλέωσ Ἀσσούρ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 30:6)
  • καὶ τί σοι τοὺσ παλαιοὺσ λέγω, ὅπου καὶ Ἐπίκουροσ ἀνὴρ πάνυ χαίρων τῷ χαίρειν καὶ τὴν ἡδονὴν πρὸ ἁπάντων αἱρούμενοσ ἐν ταῖσ σπουδαιοτέραισ ἐπιστολαῖσ ‐ εἰσὶ δὲ αὗται ὀλίγαι ‐ . (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 14:1)
  • εἴ γε καὶ ^ ταῖσ ἐπιστολαῖσ ἄνωθεν ὥσπερ ἔθοσ ἐπιγράφοιμεν, Σίμωνι παρασίτῳ. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 2:16)
  • Ὦ ξέν’, οὐχ ἑκὼν ἄγω σε, Πενθέωσ δ’ ὅσ μ’ ἔπεμψ’ ἐπιστολαῖσ. (Euripides, episode4)
  • ὑπὲρ τούτων ὑμῖν τὰ ἐγκλήματα ἦλθε παρ’ Ὀλυμπιάδοσ ἐν ταῖσ ἐπιστολαῖσ, ὡσ ἡ χώρα εἰή ἡ Μολοττία αὑτῆσ, ἐν ᾗ τὸ ἱερόν ἐστιν· (Hyperides, Speeches, 25:2)

Synonyms

  1. message

  2. command

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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