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apostolus

apostolus · m

a notice sent to a higher tribunal

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Where it lives

De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 76 · 91.45/10k
Praefatio 1 · 42.74/10k
De Pudicitia 56 · 41.66/10k
De Monogamia 28 · 40.09/10k
De Baptismo 16 · 37.46/10k
Ad Uxorem 14 · 33.69/10k
De Corona 15 · 30.84/10k
De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 12 · 30.72/10k
De Fuga in Persecutione 15 · 28.18/10k
De Virginibus Velandis 12 · 21.53/10k
Adversus Marcionem 173 · 20.88/10k
De Oratione 9 · 20.05/10k

Densest 12 of 35 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ăpostŏlus — Lewis & Short

ăpostŏlus, i, m., = a)po/stolos (sent).

I In the jurists, a notice sent to a higher tribunal or judge, Dig. 50, 16, 106; Paul. Sent. 5, 33.—

II In the Vulg. and Church fathers, an Apostle, Vulg. Matt. 10, 2; ib. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Luc. 6, 13; ib. Joan. 13, 16; ib. Rom 1, 1 et persaep.; Tert. Praescr. adv. Haer. 20; Prud. Ham. v 508.

In the wild

apostoli Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 44
apostolos Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 3.22
apostolo Tertullian, De Pudicitia 17
apostolorum Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.3
apostolus Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 5.15
apostolus Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 50.3

6 of 821 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. apostolus (scan p. 64; entry #725).

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