Finnish

Noun

epistola

1. (biblical) epistle

Declension

Anagrams

• sotapeli

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin epistola, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή ‎(epistolḗ).

Noun

epistola f ‎(plural epistole)

1. epistle

Related terms

• epistolare
• epistolario

Anagrams

• ospitale, pelosità, pisolate

Latin

Alternative forms

• epistula

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή ‎(epistolḗ), from ἐπιστέλλω ‎(epistéllō, “I send a message”), from ἐπί ‎(epí, “upon”) + στέλλω ‎(stéllō, “I prepare, send”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈpis.to.la/, [ɛˈpɪs.tɔ.ɫa]

Noun

epistola f ‎(genitive epistolae); first declension

1. a letter, epistle
2. a written imperial decree

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• epistulāris

Descendants

• English: epistle
• French: épître
• Italian: epistola
• Spanish: epístola
• Portuguese: epístola

References

• epistola in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• epistola in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• epistola in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• epistola in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from Late Latin epistula, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή ‎(epistolḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /epǐstola/
• Hyphenation: e‧pis‧to‧la

Noun

epìstola f ‎(Cyrillic spelling епѝстола)

1. epistle (literary form)

Declension

References

• “epistola” in Hrvatski jezični portal