"epistola" meaning in Latin

See epistola in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /eˈpis.to.la/ [Classical-Latin], [ɛˈpɪs̠t̪ɔɫ̪ä] [Classical-Latin], /eˈpis.to.la/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [eˈpist̪olä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ), from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “I send a message”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I prepare, send”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|ἐπιστολή}} Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) Head templates: {{la-noun|epistola<1>}} epistola f (genitive epistolae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|epistola<1>}} Forms: epistolae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], epistola [nominative, singular], epistolae [nominative, plural], epistolae [genitive, singular], epistolārum [genitive, plural], epistolae [dative, singular], epistolīs [dative, plural], epistolam [accusative, singular], epistolās [accusative, plural], epistolā [ablative, singular], epistolīs [ablative, plural], epistola [singular, vocative], epistolae [plural, vocative]
  1. a letter, epistle Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-epistola-la-noun-5T73FAgc
  2. a written imperial decree Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-epistola-la-noun-8L0axRXh Categories (other): Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 9 14 5 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 16 3 76 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: epistula Related terms: epistulāris

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
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          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: epístola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: epístola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Epistel"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Epistel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Epistel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "epístola"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: epístola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: epístola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "epistola"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: epistola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: epistola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "epistre",
            "3": "epistle"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: epistre, epistle\n→ English: epistle\nFrench: épître",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: epistre, epistle\n→ English: epistle\nFrench: épître"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "epístola"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: epístola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: epístola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "epistolă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: epistolă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: epistolă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "epístola"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: epístola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: epístola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "episse"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: episse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: episse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "épistule",
            "3": "épistole",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: épistule, épistole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: épistule, épistole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "epistel",
            "3": "epistle",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: epistel, epistle",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "also via Old French"
          },
          "expansion": "(also via Old French)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: epistel, epistle (also via Old French)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "epistle"
          },
          "expansion": "English: epistle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: epistle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "pistol",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old English: pistol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old English: pistol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "pistel",
            "3": "pistle"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: pistel, pistle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: pistel, pistle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pistle"
          },
          "expansion": "English: pistle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: pistle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "pistil",
            "3": "pistle"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: pistil, pistle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: pistil, pistle"
    }
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἐπιστολή"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ), from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “I send a message”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I prepare, send”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "epistolae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistola",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistola",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "epistola<1>"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "epistola<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "epistulāris"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "a letter, epistle"
      ],
      "id": "en-epistola-la-noun-5T73FAgc",
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "epistle",
          "epistle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 14 5 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 16 3 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a written imperial decree"
      ],
      "id": "en-epistola-la-noun-8L0axRXh",
      "links": [
        [
          "imperial",
          "imperial"
        ],
        [
          "decree",
          "decree"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈpis.to.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛˈpɪs̠t̪ɔɫ̪ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈpis.to.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eˈpist̪olä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "epistula"
    }
  ],
  "word": "epistola"
}
{
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    "Latin 4-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "epístola"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: epístola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: epístola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Epistel"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Epistel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Epistel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "epístola"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: epístola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: epístola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "epistola"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: epistola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: epistola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "epistre",
            "3": "epistle"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: epistre, epistle\n→ English: epistle\nFrench: épître",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: epistre, epistle\n→ English: epistle\nFrench: épître"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "epístola"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: epístola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: epístola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "epistolă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: epistolă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: epistolă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "epístola"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: epístola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: epístola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "episse"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: episse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: episse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "épistule",
            "3": "épistole",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: épistule, épistole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: épistule, épistole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "epistel",
            "3": "epistle",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: epistel, epistle",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "also via Old French"
          },
          "expansion": "(also via Old French)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: epistel, epistle (also via Old French)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "epistle"
          },
          "expansion": "English: epistle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: epistle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "pistol",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old English: pistol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old English: pistol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "pistel",
            "3": "pistle"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: pistel, pistle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: pistel, pistle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pistle"
          },
          "expansion": "English: pistle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: pistle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "pistil",
            "3": "pistle"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: pistil, pistle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: pistil, pistle"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἐπιστολή"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ), from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “I send a message”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I prepare, send”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "epistolae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistola",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistola",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epistolae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "epistola<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "epistola f (genitive epistolae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "epistola<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "epistulāris"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a letter, epistle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "epistle",
          "epistle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a written imperial decree"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imperial",
          "imperial"
        ],
        [
          "decree",
          "decree"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈpis.to.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛˈpɪs̠t̪ɔɫ̪ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈpis.to.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eˈpist̪olä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "epistula"
    }
  ],
  "word": "epistola"
}

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