ΔΕΛΕΑΤΟΣ, δελεατος
DELEATOS, deleatos
Sounds Like: deh-leh-AH-tos
Translations: enticing, alluring, seductive, a bait, a lure
From the root: ΔΕΛΕΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is enticing, alluring, or seductive, often in a negative sense, like a bait used to trap. It is derived from the verb 'to entice' or 'to ensnare'. It can be used to describe a quality of something or someone that draws others in, often deceptively.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Genitive
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΛΕΑΖΩ.
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.
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being enticed, being lured, being beguiled, being deceived
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ — enticed, lured, tempted
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΟΝΤΕΣ — enticing, alluring, ensnaring, deceiving, baiting
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΟΝΤΟΣ — of enticing, of alluring, of ensnaring, of deceiving
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΟΥΣΙΝ — they entice, they allure, they ensnare, they bait
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΩ — to bait, to lure, to entice, to deceive
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΩΝ — enticing, luring, alluring, deceiving, beguiling, one who entices
- ΔΕΛΕΑΣΑΣ — enticing, alluring, deceiving, ensnaring, having enticed, having allured, having deceived, having ensnared
- ΔΕΛΕΑΣΘΕΝ — having been enticed, having been lured, having been deceived, having been ensnared
- ΔΕΛΕΑΣΘΕΝΤΑΣ — having been enticed, having been lured, having been deceived, having been ensnared
- ἘΔΕΛΕΑΖΟΝΤΟ — they were being enticed, they were being lured, they were being deceived
- ΕΛΕΑΣ — to allure, to entice, to deceive, to beguile, to ensnare
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