ἐπιστολή
Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (ἐπιστέλλω)
A anything sent by a messenger, message, order, commission, whether verbal or in writing, Hdt.4.10, Th.8.45, etc.; ἐξ ἐπιστολῆς by command, Hdt.6.50: used by Trag. always in pl., A.Pr.3, Pers.783, Supp.1012, S.Aj.781, OC1601, etc.; Πενθέως ἐπιστολαῖς by his commands, E.Ba.442; τέκνων ἐπιστολὰς ἔγραψεν commands about her children, Id.Hipp.858. 2. letter, ἐ. διαπέμπειν, ἀποδοῦναι, Th.1.129, 7.10; λύειν Id.1.132; ἐ. ἔδωκεν ἀποδοῦναι Lys.20.27; πέμπειν τινί E.IT589 (pl.): in pl. of one letter, like γράμματα, Lat. litterae, Id.IA111,314, Th.1.132, etc.; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν . . τοῦ Ὄθωνος, Lat. ab epistulis Othoni, his secretary, Plu.Oth.9; νομογραφικὴ ἐ. BGU1135.7(i B.C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 984] ἡ (das durch einen Boten Uebersandte), Nachricht, Auftrag, Befehl, gew. im plur., σοὶ δὲ χρὴ μέλειν ἐπιστολάς, ἅς σοι πατὴρ ἐφεῖτο Aesch. Prom. 3; λόγων Soph. Tr. 493; φέρειν Ai. 768; ἄγω σε Πενθέως ἐπιστολαῖς Eur. Bacch. 442; ἔλεγε ταῦτα ἐξ ἐπιστολῆς Δημαρήτου, im Auftrage, Her. 6, 50; κατὰ ἐπιστολὰς τὰς τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος Plat. Critia. 119 c; Folgde. – Der Brief, auch oft im plur., Eur. I. A. 111. 314; Thuc. 4, 50; Plat. Epist. oft; τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἀποδόντες Thuc. 7, 10; διαπέμπειν 1, 129; λύειν, erbrechen, 1, 132; αἱ ἐπιστολαὶ ἧκον 8, 51; ἐλθεῖν, δφικνεῖσθαι, ibd. 33. 45; so Folgde.
