ΔΥΣΘΑΝΑΤΟΥΝΤΩΝ, δυσθανατουντων
DYSTHANATOUNTŌN, dysthanatountōn
Sounds Like: dys-tha-na-TOON-ton
Translations: dying with difficulty, struggling in death, dying a hard death, of those dying with difficulty, of those struggling in death
From the root: ΔΥΣΘΑΝΑΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound participle, formed from the prefix 'δυσ-' (dys-), meaning 'difficult' or 'badly', and 'θανατέω' (thanateō), meaning 'to die' or 'to be put to death'. Therefore, it describes someone who is dying with great difficulty or struggling in the process of death. It is used to refer to those who are experiencing a hard or painful death.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine, Present, Active
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΘΑΝΑΤΕΩ.
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.
- ΔΥΣΘΑΝΑΤΗΣΑΣ — dying with difficulty, having died a hard death, having died a painful death
- ΔΥΣΘΑΝΑΤΟΥΝΤΕΣ — dying with difficulty, dying hard, struggling in death, suffering in death
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