epistolaris

epistolāris, e (epistola), zum Briefe gehörig, charta, Briefpapier, Ulp. dig. 33, 9, 3. § 10. Mart. 14, 11 lemm.: colloquium, schriftliche Unterredung, Augustin. epist. 138, 1: angustia, Hieron. epist. 53, 6. – subst., epistolaris tua, dein Briefbote, Sendbote (v. Adler Jupiters), Mart. Cap. 9. § 896: Plur. epistolārēs, ium, m., die Sekretäre des kaiserlichen Kabinetts, Cod. Iust. 7, 12, 24 u.a.

epistolaris (-ularis) [CL] 1 appropriate to or characteristic of a letter (esp. w. angustia or brevitas; cf. Jerome Ep. 36. 1. 4, 53. 6. 1). a671 Aldh. Ep. 1 (v. angustia 1a); c750 enarrare ‥ omnia mala quae ‥ patimur ~is brevitas prohibet Bonif. Ep. 91; 798 per ‥ mentis excessum ‥ haec locutus sum, non tam ordinate quam ~is postulat angustia Alcuin Ep. 156; c1075 B. Hieronymus quantis eum ‥ praeconiis effert ~i brevitate comprehendi non potest Lanfr. Ep. 50 (46); c1078 nec ~is angustia poterat ‥ affectus capere latitudinem Anselm (Ep. 12) III 116; 1189 si mora libera nobis esset non posset ~is brevitas sufficere Ep. Cant. 324. 2 in the form of or expressed by a letter, epistolary; b (w. liber) letter-book, collection of letters; v. et. epistolarius 1a; c (as manual of style). sed forte quilibet scrupulosus ‥ ~em perscrutans rusticitatem perquirat ‥ Aldh. Met. 4; 800 de Bethleem ‥ ad Romanas arces ~es ‥ volare cartulas Alcuin Ep. 196; ~is ‥ dulcedo vestrae magnitudinis mentem nobis hilarem reddit H. Bos. Ep. 45. 1474B; minora quedam ‥ tam ~ia quam metrica ‥ compegi carmina Gir. LS 415; S. Langton Gl. Hist. Schol. 39 (v. epistola 2b); 1297 (v. 1 affatus b); de ~i [genere prosayci] ‥ pertractare decrevi Dictamen 338.  b c798 epistolam ‥ quam beati Gregorii de simpla mersione dicunt esse conscriptam in ~i suo libro ‥ non invenimus Alcuin Ep. 137; in eodem ~i libro [Jeronymi] Gir. GE II 9.  c c1400 Liber ~is Ricardi de Bury (MS tit.) FormOx 4. 3 (liturg.) concerning (reading of) the Epistle. postea debent doceri de officio ~i, qualiter se debet habere circa altare Cust. Cant. 12; cum verba ~ia sua sunt paris auctoritatis cum evangelio (Wycl.) Ziz. 482; 1432 in presentis Dominice ~i officio FormOx 437n. 4 (as sb. m. or n.) service-book containing Epistles. 10‥ missale j, ~em j, ‘ad te levavi’ et ‘aspiciens’ (Catal. librorum) EHR XXXII 389; 1296 unum manuale, ~e, duo vetera gradalia [etc.] Ch. Sal. 369; 1345 ~e cum evangeliis in uno volumine Sacr. Lichf. 114; 14‥ libri: ‥ item unum ~e (Invent.) Amund. II app. 360; 14‥ capella abbatis graduales ij et unus ~is Cart. Reading F 122.

ĕpistŏlāris, e (epistola), de lettres, épistolaire : charta epistolaris Mart. 14, 11 (in lemmate), papier à lettres ; epistolare colloquium Aug. Ep. 138, 1, correspondance || subst. f. s., messager [en parl. de lʼAigle (aquila, f. ) de Jupiter] : Capel. 9, 896 || subst. m. pl., secrétaires impériaux : Cod. Th. 6, 30, 7.

epistolaris , e. adj. et, v. epistolicus
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