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epistulam

epistulam is a Latin form of epistula, meaning “letter”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 264 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.45: … ex Sicilia frumenti hornotini exaraverunt: glebam commosset in agro decumano Siciliae nemo, si Metellus hanc epistulam non misisset. quid? Metello divinitus hoc venit in mentem an ab Siculis, qui Romam frequentissimi convenerant …

Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 9.11.1: Epistulam tuam iucundissimam accepi, eo maxime quod aliquid ad te scribi volebas, quod libris inseri posset. Obveniet materia vel haec ipsa quam monstras, vel potior alia. Sunt enim in hac offendicula non nulla: circumfer oculos et occurrent.

Plautus, Pseudolus 4.2.997: Propera pellegere épistulam ergo.

All forms of epistula (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.