Littera

==Interlingua==
===Noun===
# letter (epistle)
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==Latin==
===Alternative spellings===
* (less correctly) litera
===Noun===
# a letter of the alphabet
# handwriting
#: Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae.
# (usually ) letter, epistle
#: Litteras resignare.
#:: To unseal (or open) a letter.
# (usually ) literature
#: Abest historia litteris nostris.
#:: Is missing in our literature.
#: Si versus horum duorum poetarum neglegetis, magna parte litterarum carebitis.
#:: If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.
# (usually ) books
# (usually ) records, accounts
# (usually ) an edict, ordinance.
#: Praetoris litterae.
#:: A praetor's edict.
#: Litteras revocavit.
#:: A letter of appointment. (a commission)
====Inflection====
====Usage notes====
* litterae missae means "a letter sent by a person" and litterae allatae a "a letter received" hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum ment a letter-book.
====Derived terms====
* ad litteram (word for word, literally, verbatim)
* littera canina (meaning dog's letter)
* litterātim
====Descendants====
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* Spanish: 
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