ἘΠΙΚΑΤΑΒΑΛΩΝ, ἐπικαταβαλων
EPIKATABALŌN, epikatabalōn
Sounds Like: eh-pee-kah-tah-bah-LOHN
Translations: having cast down upon, having thrown down upon, having laid down upon
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΑΤΑΒΑΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle derived from the compound verb ἐπικαταβάλλω (epikata-ballō). It combines the prefixes ἐπί (epi-), meaning 'upon' or 'over,' and κατά (kata-), meaning 'down' or 'against,' with the verb βάλλω (ballō), meaning 'to throw' or 'to cast.' Therefore, it signifies the action of having thrown, cast, or laid something down upon or over something else. As a participle, it functions adjectivally or adverbially, describing an action completed in the past relative to the main verb.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Aorist, Active, Participle
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 12:268
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΑΤΑΒΑΛΛΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΚΑΤΑΒΑΛΛΕΙ — to throw down upon, to cast down, to overthrow, to lay down, to cause to fall
- ΕΠΙΚΑΤΑΒΑΛΛΕΙ — he casts down upon, he lays upon, he imposes, he inflicts
- ΕΠΙΚΑΤΑΒΑΛΛΩ — to cast down upon, to lay upon, to inflict, to impose
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