ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΕΙ, γλυκαινει
GLYKAINEI, glykainei
Sounds Like: gly-KAI-nee
Translations: sweetens, makes sweet, to sweeten, to make sweet
From the root: ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means 'to sweeten' or 'to make sweet'. It describes the action of adding sweetness to something, or making something pleasant or agreeable. It can be used literally, referring to taste, or metaphorically, referring to making something more pleasant or agreeable in a broader sense. The form 'ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΕΙ' is the third person singular present active indicative, meaning 'he/she/it sweetens' or 'he/she/it makes sweet'. It can also be an infinitive 'to sweeten' or 'to make sweet' in some contexts, as seen in the first example, where 'ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΕΙΝ' is the infinitive form.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person Singular, or Present, Active, Infinitive
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΕΙΝ — to sweeten, to make sweet, to make pleasant
- ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΩ — to sweeten, to make sweet
- ΓΛΥΚΑΝΕΙ — he sweetens, he makes sweet, he makes pleasant, he flatters, he makes agreeable
- ΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗ — to be sweetened, to become sweet
- ΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be sweetened, will become sweet
- ἘΓΛΥΚΑΝΑΣ — you sweetened, you made sweet
- ἘΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗ — was made sweet, became sweet, was sweetened
- ἘΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗΣΑΝ — they were sweetened, they became sweet, they were made sweet
- ΕΓΛΥΚΑΝΑΣ — you sweetened, you made sweet
- ΕΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗ — was made sweet, became sweet, was sweetened, became sweetened
- ΕΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗΣΑΝ — they were sweetened, they became sweet
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