See ἐπιστολή in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ipa": "/e.pis.to.lɛ̌ː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/e.pis.toˈli/"
},
{
"ipa": "/e.pis.toˈli/"
},
{
"ipa": "/e.pis.to.lɛ̌ː/",
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},
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"ipa": "/e.pis.toˈle̝/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/e.pis.toˈli/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/e.pis.toˈli/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
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"ipa": "/e.pis.toˈli/",
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}
],
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}
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"Ancient Greek lemmas",
"Ancient Greek nouns",
"Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
"Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (o-grade)",
"Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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}
],
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},
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"1": "got",
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"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
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"2": "επιστολή"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Greek: επιστολή (epistolí)"
},
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{
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"1": "la",
"2": "epistola",
"bor": "1"
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},
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"ipa": "/e.pis.toˈli/"
},
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"ipa": "/e.pis.toˈli/"
},
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"ipa": "/e.pis.toˈle̝/",
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},
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"ipa": "/e.pis.toˈli/",
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},
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"ipa": "/e.pis.toˈli/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
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"ipa": "/e.pis.toˈli/",
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],
"word": "ἐπιστολή"
}
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