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ἐπιστολή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιστολή ἐπιστολῆς

Structure: ἐπιστολ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: e)piste/llw

Sense

message, letter
command, commission, injunction
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

Ἡ δὲ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἐπιστολὴ περιεῖχεν οὕτωσ. «Βασιλεὺσ Ἀντίοχοσ τῷ ἀδελφῷ Λυσίᾳ χαίρειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 11:22)
Πρὸσ δὲ τὸ ἔθνοσ ἡ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἐπιστολὴ τοιαύτη ἦν. «Βασιλεὺσ Ἀντίοχοσ τῇ γερουσίᾳ τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ Ἰουδαίοισ χαίρειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 11:27)
αὕτη ἡ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐπιστολὴ συνέτριβέ μου τὴν διάνοιαν· (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 56:2)
ὅτε Ἀλέξανδροσ τὴν ἐν Ἰσσῷ μάχην ἀγωνιεῖσθαι ἔμελλεν, ὡσ Εὐμένησ ὁ Καρδιανὸσ ἐν τῇ πρὸσ Ἀντίπατρον ἐπιστολῇ λέγει, ἑώθεν εἰσελθὼν εἰσ τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἡφαιστίων, εἴτ̓ ἐπιλαθόμενοσ εῖτ̓ ἐκταραχθεὶσ ὥσπερ ἐγὼ εἴτε καὶ θεοῦ τινοσ τοῦτο καταναγκάσαντοσ, ταὐτὸν ἐμοὶ ἔφη, Ὑγίαινε, βασιλεῦ, καιρὸσ ἤδη παρατάττεσθαι. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 17:1)
τί σοι δοκεῖ ἡ ἐπιστολή, ὦ Χελιδόνιον; (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 4:1)

Synonyms

message
- πιττάκιον (message)
- γράμμα (letter)
- νῦ (The letter nu .)
- πεῖ (pi, the letter π ‎, Π ‎)
command
- ἐπίταγμα (an injunction, command)
- ἐντολή (injunction, order, command)
- ἐπίσκηψις (an injunction)

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Sense

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message

command

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Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

message

command

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