ἐπιστολή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (ἐπιστέλλω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">anything sent by a messenger, message, order, commission</b>, whether verbal or in writing, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.45</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐξ ἐπιστολῆς</b> by [[command]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.50</span>: used by Trag. always in pl., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>783</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>1012</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>781</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>1601</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">Πενθέως ἐπιστολαῖς</b> [[by]] his [[commands]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>442</span>; <b class="b3">τέκνων ἐπιστολὰς ἔγραψεν</b> [[commands about]] her children, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>858</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[letter]], <b class="b3">ἐ. διαπέμπειν, ἀποδοῦναι</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.129</span>, <span class="bibl">7.10</span>; λύειν <span class="bibl">Id.1.132</span>; ἐ. ἔδωκεν ἀποδοῦναι <span class="bibl">Lys.20.27</span>; [[πέμπειν]] τινί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>589</span> (pl.): in pl. of one letter, like [[γράμματα]], Lat. [[litterae]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>111</span>,<span class="bibl">314</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.132</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν . . τοῦ Ὄθωνος</b>, Lat. [[ab epistulis Othoni]], his [[secretary]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Oth.</span>9</span>; <b class="b3">νομογραφικὴ ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1135.7</span>(i B.C.).</span>