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ἐπιστολή

Alt. ἐπιστολή, ἡ,

Etym. ἐπιστέλλω

1. "a message, command, commission", whether verbal or in writing, Hdt., attic; ἐξ ἐπιστολῆς by "command", Hdt.

2. "a letter", Lat. epistola, Thuc., etc.