ἐπιστολή

See also: επιστολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “to send a message”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐπῐστολή • (epĭstolḗ) f (genitive ἐπῐστολῆς); first declension

  1. message, letter
  2. command, commission, injunction
  3. dying command, will (legal document)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐπῐστολή; τῆς ἐπῐστολῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐπῐστολή
hē epĭstolḗ 		τὼ ἐπῐστολᾱ́
tṑ epĭstolā́ 		αἱ ἐπῐστολαί
hai epĭstolaí
Genitive τῆς ἐπῐστολῆς
tês epĭstolês 		τοῖν ἐπῐστολαῖν
toîn epĭstolaîn 		τῶν ἐπῐστολῶν
tôn epĭstolôn
Dative τῇ ἐπῐστολῇ
tēî epĭstolēî 		τοῖν ἐπῐστολαῖν
toîn epĭstolaîn 		ταῖς ἐπῐστολαῖς
taîs epĭstolaîs
Accusative τὴν ἐπῐστολήν
tḕn epĭstolḗn 		τὼ ἐπῐστολᾱ́
tṑ epĭstolā́ 		τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐστολᾱ́ς
tā̀s epĭstolā́s
Vocative ἐπῐστολή
epĭstolḗ 		ἐπῐστολᾱ́
epĭstolā́ 		ἐπῐστολαί
epĭstolaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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