Word.ws English Dictionary

epistoleus

epistoleus noun: the second in command of the Spartan fleet.

Noun

epistoleus (plural epistoleuses)

  1. (historical) The second in command of the Spartan fleet.
  2. An office in a sorority responsible for correspondence.

Forms of epistoleus

pluralepistoleuses

Origin of epistoleus

From Ancient Greek ἐπιστολεύς.

Questions about epistoleus

What does epistoleus mean?
Epistoleus means the second in command of the Spartan fleet.
What part of speech is epistoleus?
Epistoleus is a noun.
What is the plural of epistoleus?
The plural of epistoleus is epistoleuses.

Words near epistoleus in the dictionary

  1. epistoleans
  2. epistoler
  3. epistolers
  4. epistolet
  5. epistolets
  6. epistoleus
  7. epistolic
  8. epistolical
  9. epistolise
  10. epistolised
  11. epistolises

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: epistoleus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “epistoleus.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/epistoleus. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.