ΓΛΩΣΣΟΤΟΜΕΙΝ, γλωσσοτομειν
GLŌSSOTOMEIN, glōssotomein
Sounds Like: glohs-soh-toh-MEIN
Translations: to cut out the tongue, to cut off the tongue
From the root: ΓΛΩΣΣΑ, ΤΕΜΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from 'γλῶσσα' (tongue) and 'τέμνω' (to cut). It means to cut out or cut off the tongue. It describes the act of excising the tongue, often as a form of punishment or mutilation.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 7:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΛΩΣΣΑ, ΤΕΜΝΩ.
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.
- ΓΛΩΣΣΟΤΜΗΤΟΝ — tongue-cut, having the tongue cut out, having the tongue cut off
- ΓΛΩΣΣΟΤΟΜΕΩ — to cut out the tongue, to cut the tongue
- ΓΛΩΣΣΟΤΟΜΗΣΕΙΣ — you will cut out the tongue, you will cut off the tongue, you will silence, you will disable the tongue
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