Latin

Noun

epistula f ‎(genitive epistulae); first declension

1. Alternative form of epistola
2. vocative singular of epistula

epistulā f

1. ablative singular of epistula

Inflection

First declension.

References

• epistula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• epistula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• EPISTULA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “epistula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to write a letter to some one: epistulam (litteras) dare, scribere, mittere ad aliquem
    
  • a letter to Atticus: epistula ad Atticum data, scripta, missa or quae ad A. scripta est
    
  • to charge some one with a letter for some one else: epistulam dare alicui ad aliquem
    
  • to deliver a letter to some one (used of the messenger): epistulam reddere alicui (Att. 5. 21. 4)
    
  • correspondence: epistularum commercium
    
  • to seal, fasten a letter: epistulam signare, obsignare
    
  • to open a letter: epistulam solvere, aperire, resignare (of Romans also linum incīdere)
    
  • to intercept a letter: epistulam intercipere (Att. 1. 13. 2)
    
  • to take forcible possession of a letter: epistulam deprehendere