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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)
  • καὶ γὰρ Ἐπίκουροσ ἐπὶ τοῖσ τῶν φίλων ἐπιστολίοισ κροτοθορύβουσ γίγνεσθαι παρ’ αὐτῶν λέγων ἀηδήσ ἐστιν. (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 152)

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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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