I.init.), e, adj. epistula, of or belonging to a letter, epistolary.
I. Adj.: “chartae,” letter-paper, Mart. 14, 11 in lemm.; Dig. 33, 9, 3, § 10: “colloquium,” epistolary, Aug. Ep. ad Marcell. 5.—
II. Subst.: epistŭlāris , is, f., a messenger of the Eagle of Jupiter: “epistularis tua,” Mart. Cap. 9, § 896.—Plur.: epistulāres , ium, m., state secretaries, Cod. Th. 6, 30, 7.