LITTERAS, litteras
Sounds Like: LIT-teh-ras
Translations: letters, writings, literature, epistles, documents
From the root: LITTERA
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the accusative plural form of 'littera'. It can refer to individual letters of the alphabet, but more commonly in the plural, it means a piece of writing, a document, an epistle, or even literature in general. It is used when the 'letters' or 'writings' are the direct object of a verb.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, LITTERA.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- LITERIS — (to) letters, (for) letters, (by) letters, (with) letters, (from) letters, (in) letters, (to) writing, (for) writing, (by) writing, (with) writing, (from) writing, (in) writing, (to) literature, (for) literature, (by) literature, (with) literature, (from) literature, (in) literature, (to) learning, (for) learning, (by) learning, (with) learning, (from) learning, (in) learning
- LITTERA — letter, a letter, character, writing, document, literature, learning, epistle, dispatch
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