epistula
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈpis.tu.la/, [ɛˈpɪs.tʊ.ɫa]
Noun
epistula f (genitive epistulae); first declension
- Alternative form of epistola
- vocative singular of epistula
epistulā f
- 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)
- epistula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (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
- to write a letter to some one: epistulam (litteras) dare, scribere, mittere ad aliquem
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