ἘΠΑΛΙΝΔΡΟΜΟΥΝ, ἐπαλινδρομουν
EPALINDROMOUN, epalindromoun
Sounds Like: ep-ah-lin-DRO-moo-oon
Translations: they were returning, they were going back, they were retreating
From the root: ΠΑΛΙΝΔΡΟΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb meaning 'to return', 'to go back', or 'to retreat'. It describes an action of moving back to a previous position or state. It is used to indicate a backward movement, often in the context of an army or group of people withdrawing.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Plural
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, ΠΑΛΙΝΔΡΟΜΕΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΛΙΝΔΡΟΜΕΩ — I run back, I return, I retreat
- ΠΑΛΙΝΔΡΟΜΗΣΑΣ — having run back, having returned, having retreated
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