epistolium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιστόλιον (epistólion), from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, “epistle”).

Noun

epīstolium n (genitive epīstoliī or epīstolī); second declension

1. 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016