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ἐπιστόλιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιστόλιον ἐπιστόλιου

Structure: ἐπιστολι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: e)pistolh/의 지소사, Plut.

Sense

Declension

Second 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

  • ἐνταῦθα καὶ τὴν μητέρα λέγουσιν αὐτῷ συστασιάσαι, μισθουμένην ἀπὸ τῆσ ξένησ κρύφα καὶ πέμπουσαν εἰσ ’ Ῥώμην ἄνδρασ, ὡσ δὴ θεριστάσ ταῦτα γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ ἐπιστολίοισ αὐτῆσ ᾐνιγμένα γεγράφθαι πρὸσ τὸν υἱόν. (Plutarch, Caius Gracchus, chapter 13 2:1)
  • πολλὰ καὶ καλὰ θεάματα καὶ ἀκούσματα καὶ σχολὰσ καὶ διατριβὰσ παρελθόντεσ, ἐπιστόλια διορύττουσιν ἀλλότρια καὶ παραβάλλουσι γειτόνων τοίχοισ τὰ ὦτα καὶ συμψιθυρίζουσιν οἰκέταισ καὶ γυναίοισ, πολλάκισ μὲν οὐδ’ ἀκινδύνωσ ἀεὶ δ’ ἀδόξωσ. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 9 3:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐπιστόλια παραλύουσιν οὗτοι φίλων, συνεδρίοισ ἀπορρήτοισ ἑαυτοὺσ παρεμβάλλουσιν, ἱερῶν, ἃ μὴ θέμισ ὁρᾶν, γίγνονται θεαταί, τόπουσ ἀβάτουσ πατοῦσι, πράγματα καὶ λόγουσ βασιλικοὺσ ἀνερευνῶσι. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 15 5:1)
  • φέρεται γοῦν ἐπιστόλιον αὐτοῦ πρὸσ Ἱδριέα τὸν Κᾶρα τοιοῦτο· (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 13 4:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ Ἐπίκουροσ ἐπὶ τοῖσ τῶν φίλων ἐπιστολίοισ κροτοθορύβουσ γίγνεσθαι παρ’ αὐτῶν λέγων ἀηδήσ ἐστιν. (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 152)
  • ἐοίκεν οὖν ὁ Νικόλαοσ ἠγνοηκέναι τὸν χρόνον, ἐπεὶ τό γε πάθοσ καὶ τὸν ἔρωτα τῆσ γυναικὸσ καὶ τὸν τρόπον τῆσ τελευτῆσ ὑπονοῆσαι δίδωσι καὶ τὸ ἐπιστόλιον, εἴπερ ἄρα τῶν γνησίων ἐστίν. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 53 5:2)
  • φέρεται γοῦν ἐπιστόλιον αὐτοῦ παραιτουμένου τινὰ τῶν φίλων πρὸσ Ἱδριέα τὸν Κᾶρα, οὕτω· (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 162)
  • φέρεται γοῦν ἐπιστόλιον αὐτοῦ παραιτουμένου τινὰ τῶν φίλων. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 162)
  • " ἔστιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπιστόλιον τόδε· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. g'. XILWN 6:7)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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