ἐπιστολή: Difference between revisions

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