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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐπιστόλιον ἐπιστολίω ἐπιστόλια
Genitive ἐπιστολίου ἐπιστολίοιν ἐπιστολίων
Dative ἐπιστολίῳ ἐπιστολίοιν ἐπιστολίοις
Accusative ἐπιστόλιον ἐπιστολίω ἐπιστόλια
Vocative ἐπιστόλιον ἐπιστολίω ἐπιστόλια

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

  • 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)
  • μετά τε τὴν Ἀντιγόνου ναυμαχίαν πολλῶν προσιόντων καὶ ἐπιστόλια παρακλητικὰ γραφόντων αὐτὸσ ἐσιώπησεν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. s'. ARKESILAOS 12:5)
  • καὶ ὁ τὰ εἰσ Χρύσιππον ἀναφερόμενα ἐπιστόλια ὡσ Ἐπικούρου συντάξασ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I, EPIKOUROS 3:6)

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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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