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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

  • Ἀντίγραφον ἐπιστολῆσ, ἧσ ἔγραψε Δαρείῳ καὶ ἀπέστειλαν. «Σισίννησ ὁ ἔπαρχοσ Συρίασ καὶ Φοινίκησ καὶ Σαθραβουζάνησ καὶ οἱ συνεταῖροι οἱ ἐν Συρίᾳ καὶ Φοινίκῃ ἡγεμόνεσ βασιλεῖ Δαρείῳ χαίρειν. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 6:7)
  • αὕτη ἡ διαταγὴ τῆσ ἐπιστολῆσ ἧσ ἀπέστειλαν πρὸσ αὐτόν. «Πρὸσ Ἀρθασασθὰ βασιλέα παῖδέσ σου ἄνδρεσ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 4:11)
  • Διασάφησισ ἐπιστολῆσ, ἧσ ἀπέστειλε Θανθαναί̈ ὁ ἔπαρχοσ τοῦ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ Σαθαρβουζαναί̈ καὶ οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτῶν Ἀφαρσαχαῖοι οἱ ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ Δαρείῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 5:6)
  • α Τῆσ δὲ ἐπιστολῆσ ἐστι τὸ ἀντίγραφον τόδε. «Βασιλεὺσ μέγασ Ἀρταξέρξησ τοῖσ ἀπὸ τῆσ Ἰνδικῆσ ἕωσ τῆσ Αἰθιοπίασ ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιεπτὰ χωρῶν ἄρχουσι καὶ τοπάρχαισ ὑποτεταγμένοισ τάδε γράφει. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 3:14)
  • α Ὧν ἐστιν ἀντίγραφον τῆσ ἐπιστολῆσ τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 8:13)

Synonyms

  1. message

  2. command

Similar forms

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