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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

  • Ἐν δὲ τοῖσ ἐπὶ Ἀρταξέρξου τῶν Περσῶν βασιλέωσ χρόνοισ κατέγραψαν αὐτῷ κατὰ τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ Βήλεμοσ καὶ Μιθραδάτησ καὶ Ταβέλλιοσ καὶ Ράθυμοσ καὶ Βεέλτεθμοσ καὶ Σαμέλλιοσ ὁ γραμματεὺσ καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ οἱ τούτοισ συντασσόμενοι, οἰκοῦντεσ δὲ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ τόποισ, τὴν ὑπογεγραμμένην ἐπιστολήν. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 2:15)
  • «̓Ανέγνων τὴν ἐπιστολήν, ἣν πεπόμφατε πρόσ με. ἐπέταξα οὖν ἐπισκέψασθαι, καὶ εὑρέθη ὅτι ἡ πόλισ ἐκείνη ἐστὶν ἐξ αἰῶνοσ βασιλεῦσιν ἀντιπαρατάσσουσα (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 2:22)
  • Καὶ ἐν βασιλείᾳ Ἀσσουήρου, ἐν ἀρχῆ βασιλείασ αὐτοῦ, ἔγραψαν ἐπιστολὴν ἐπὶ οἰκοῦντασ Ἰούδα καὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 4:6)
  • Ραοὺμ βααλτὰμ καὶ Σαψὰ ὁ γραμματεὺσ ἔγραψαν ἐπιστολὴν μίαν κατὰ Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῷ Ἀρθασασθὰ βασιλεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 4:8)
  • καὶ ἐπιστολὴν ἐπὶ Ἀσὰφ φύλακα τοῦ παραδείσου, ὅσ ἐστι τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὥστε δοῦναί μοι ξύλα στεγάσαι τὰσ πύλασ καὶ εἰσ τὸ τεῖχοσ τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ εἰσ οἶκον, ὃν εἰσελεύσομαι εἰσ αὐτόν. καὶ ἔδωκέ μοι ὁ βασιλεὺσ ὡσ χεὶρ Θεοῦ ἡ ἀγαθή. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 2:8)

Synonyms

  1. message

  2. command

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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