_epistulam (litteras) dare, scribere, mittere ad aliquem_—to write a
letter to some one.
_epistula ad Atticum data, scripta, missa_ or _quae ad A. scripta
est_—a letter to Atticus.
_epistulam dare alicui ad aliquem_—to charge some one with a letter
for some one else.
_epistulam reddere alicui_ (Att. 5. 21. 4)—to deliver a letter to some
one (used of the messenger).
_epistularum commercium_—correspondence.
_litterae missae et allatae_—correspondence.
_colloqui cum aliquo per litteras_—to correspond with some one.
_litteras inter se dare et accipere_—to be in correspondence with...
_litteras perferre aliquo_—to take a letter somewhere.
_epistulam signare, obsignare_—to seal, fasten a letter.
_epistulam solvere, aperire, resignare_ (of Romans also _linum
incīdere_)—to open a letter.
_epistulam intercipere_ (Att. 1. 13. 2)—to intercept a letter.
_epistulam deprehendere_—to take forcible possession of a letter.
_litteras recitare_ (Att. 8. 9. 2)—to read a letter aloud (in public).
_litterae hoc exemplo_ (Att. 9. 6. 3)—a letter, the tenor of which is...
_litterae in hanc sententiam_ or _his verbis scriptae sunt_—the terms,
contents of the letter are as follows.
_Kalendis Ianuariis Romā (dabam)_—Rome, January 1st.
_dies_ (fem. in this sense)—the date.
_pater optime_[1] or _carissime, mi pater_ (_vid._ sect. XII. 10)—my
dear father.
_litteras reddere datas a. d. Kal. X. Octob._—to deliver a letter
dated September 21st.
[1] Neither _amatus_ nor _dilectus_ can be used in this connection.