ἘΛΛΙΠΕΣΤΕΡΩΣ, ἐλλιπεστερως
ELLIPESTERŌS, ellipesterōs
Sounds Like: el-lee-pes-TEH-ros
Translations: more deficiently, more defectively, more imperfectly, more insufficiently
From the root: ΕΛΛΙΠΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is a comparative adverb, meaning 'more deficiently' or 'more imperfectly'. It describes an action or state as being less complete or adequate than something else. It would be used to modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb, indicating a greater degree of deficiency or incompleteness.
Inflection: Comparative, Adverb
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 1:143
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΛΙΠΗΣ.
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.
- ΕΛΛΙΠΕΣΤΕΡΑ — more deficient, more lacking, more incomplete, more wanting, more defective
- ΕΛΛΙΠΗ — lacking, deficient, wanting, incomplete, imperfect
- ΕΛΛΙΠΗΣ — lacking, deficient, incomplete, wanting, a lacking, a deficient, an incomplete, a wanting
- ΕΝΛΙΠΗΣ — deficient, lacking, wanting, incomplete, defective
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