ἘΛΑΤΤΩΣΑΝ, ἐλαττωσαν
ELATTŌSAN, elattōsan
Sounds Like: eh-LAT-toh-san
Translations: they made less, they diminished, they lessened, they reduced, they made inferior
From the root: ἘΛΑΤΤΌΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to make less, to diminish, to lessen, or to reduce'. It can also mean 'to make inferior' or 'to be inferior'. It is used to describe an action where something is decreased in size, quantity, or quality. For example, one might say 'they diminished the supply' or 'they made themselves inferior'.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1642 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 61:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΛΑΤΤΌΩ.
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.
- ἘΛΑΤΤΟΝΩΘΕΝΤΕΣ — diminished, made less, reduced, lessened
- ἘΛΑΤΤΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — being made less, being diminished, being inferior, being made lower, being reduced
- ἘΛΑΤΤΟΥΣΙΝ — they diminish, they decrease, they make less
- ἘΛΑΤΤΩΘΩΣΙΝ — be diminished, be made less, decrease, be inferior, be brought low
- ἨΛΑΤΤΩΘΗΜΕΝ — we were made less, we were diminished, we were brought low, we were humbled
- ἨΛΑΤΤΩΜΕΝΟΝ — made lower, made less, diminished, reduced
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