epistolium
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιστόλιον (epistólion), from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, “epistle”).
Noun
[edit]epīstolium n (genitive epīstoliī or epīstolī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | epīstolium | epīstolia |
| genitive | epīstoliī epīstolī1 |
epīstoliōrum |
| dative | epīstoliō | epīstoliīs |
| accusative | epīstolium | epīstolia |
| ablative | epīstoliō | epīstoliīs |
| vocative | epīstolium | epīstolia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “epistolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “epistolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- epistolium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- epistolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- epistolium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016