epistolium
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιστόλιον (epistólion), from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, “epistle”).
Noun
epīstolium n (genitive epīstoliī or epīstolī); second declension
- note, short letter
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | 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
- “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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016