ἐπιστολή (epistole)
Short definition (LSJ): letter, ἐ. διαπέμπειν, ἀποδοῦναι,
Full entry: Lexicon.
32 occurrences of this form in 19 works (dictionary form exactly as written, accents ignored, v/u and j/i as single letters; inflected forms not included).
Works using this form
- On the Crown
- Antiquities of the Jews, Book 12
- Letters
- Library of History
- Antiquities of the Jews, Book 11
- Antiquities of the Jews, Book 17
- History of the Peloponnesian War
- Cyropaedia
- Antiquities of the Jews, Book 14
- Antiquities of the Jews, Book 16
- Antiquities of the Jews, Book 18
- Antiquities of the Jews, Book 9
- The Jewish War, Book 1
- Meditations
- On the Virtues and on the Office of Ambassadors. Adressed to Caius
- To Prove that every Man who is virtuous is also free
- Isis and Osiris
- Histories
- Anabasis
Example passages
…ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ.…
……εἶναι τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα πρεσβυτέρων, οἳ τὸν νόμον ἐκόμιζον ὑπὸ Ἐλεαζάρου πεμφθέντες, δηλοῦν· ἦν γὰρ ταῦτα ὑπογεγραμμένα ἐν τῇ ἐπιστολῇ. τὴν μέντοι γε τῶν ἀναθημάτων πολυτέλειαν καὶ κατασκευήν, ἣν ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ θεῷ, οὐκ ἀνεπιτήδειον ἡγησάμην διελθεῖν, ὅπως ἅπασιν ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως περὶ τὸν θεὸν φιλοτιμία φανερὰ γένηται·……
…τὰ δὲ νῦν ὑμεῖς πειρᾶσθε εὐτυχέστερον αὐτὰ ἀγαθῇ πρᾶξαι μοίρᾳ καὶ θείᾳ τινὶ τύχῃ.συμβουλὴ μὲν δὴ καὶ ἐπιστολὴ εἰρήσθω καὶ ἡ παρὰ Διονύσιον ἐμὴ προτέρα ἄφιξις· ἡ δὲ δὴ ὑστέρα πορεία τε καὶ πλοῦς ὡς εἰκότως τε ἅμα καὶ ἐμμελῶς γέγονεν, ᾧ μέλει ἀκούειν ἔξεστι τὸ μετὰ τοῦτο.…