ΓΛΥΚΥΤΕΡΟΝ, γλυκυτερον
GLYKYTERON, glykyteron
Sounds Like: gly-KY-teh-ron
Translations: sweeter, more sweet, a sweeter thing
From the root: ΓΛΥΚΥΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'sweet'. It means 'sweeter' or 'more sweet' and is used to compare the sweetness of one thing to another. It functions similarly to the English 'sweeter' in a sentence.
Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1099 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:13
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 23:27
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΛΥΚΥΣ.
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.
- ΓΛΥΚ — sweet, pleasant, delightful
- ΓΛΥΚΑΣΜΑ — sweet thing, a sweet thing, sweetness, a sweetness, sweet food, sweet drink, delight, a delight
- ΓΛΥΚΑΣΜΟΣ — sweetness, a sweet thing, a sweet taste
- ΓΛΥΚΕΑ — sweet, pleasant, a sweet thing, sweet things, pleasant things
- ΓΛΥΚΕΙΑ — sweet, pleasant, delightful, a sweet (thing/person)
- ΓΛΥΚΕΙΑΙ — sweet, pleasant, agreeable
- ΓΛΥΚΕΙΑΝ — sweet, a sweet (thing), pleasant, a pleasant (thing)
- ΓΛΥΚΕΙΑΣ — of sweet, of a sweet
- ΓΛΥΚΕΙΣ — sweet, pleasant, agreeable, sweet ones, pleasant ones
- ΓΛΥΚΕΟΣ — (of) sweet, (of) a sweet
- ΓΛΥΚΕΡΟΥ — of sweet
- ΓΛΥΚΕΣΙΝ — sweetness, a sweetness, pleasure, delight
- ΓΛΥΚΕΩΝ — of sweet, of the sweet, of sweet things
- ΓΛΥΚΙΑ — sweet, pleasant, delightful
- ΓΛΥΚΥ — sweet, pleasant, agreeable
- ΓΛΥΚΥΣ — sweet, pleasant, agreeable, a sweet, an agreeable
- ΓΛΥΚΥΤΑΤΗ — sweetest, most sweet
- ΓΛΥΚΥΤΑΤΩΝ — of the sweetest, of the most pleasant, of the most delightful
- ΓΛΥΚΥΤΕΡΑ — sweeter
- ΓΛΥΚΥΤΕΡΑΣ — (of) sweeter
- ΓΛΥΚΥΤΗΤΑ — sweetness, pleasantness, a sweetness, a pleasantness
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