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epistula

epistula

Latin

Noun

epistula f (genitive epistulae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of epistola
  2. vocative singular of epistula

epistulā f

  1. ablative singular of epistula

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative epistula epistulae
genitive epistulae epistulārum
dative epistulae epistulīs
accusative epistulam epistulās
ablative epistulā epistulīs
vocative epistula epistulae

References

  • epistula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • epistula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • EPISTULA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “epistula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to write a letter to some one: epistulam (litteras) dare, scribere, mittere ad aliquem
    • a letter to Atticus: epistula ad Atticum data, scripta, missa or quae ad A. scripta est
    • to charge some one with a letter for some one else: epistulam dare alicui ad aliquem
    • to deliver a letter to some one (used of the messenger): epistulam reddere alicui (Att. 5. 21. 4)
    • correspondence: epistularum commercium
    • to seal, fasten a letter: epistulam signare, obsignare
    • to open a letter: epistulam solvere, aperire, resignare (of Romans also linum incīdere)
    • to intercept a letter: epistulam intercipere (Att. 1. 13. 2)
    • to take forcible possession of a letter: epistulam deprehendere