ἘΠΙΣΥΡΟΜΕΝΟΣ, ἐπισυρομενος
EPISYROMENOS, episyromenos
Sounds Like: eh-pi-SYOO-roh-meh-nos
Translations: dragging along, drawing after, bringing along, sweeping along, attracting, gathering
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΥΡΩ
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'episyrō', meaning 'to drag along' or 'to draw after'. It describes something or someone that is being dragged, drawn, or swept along, often implying a large quantity or a continuous movement. It can also refer to attracting or gathering a crowd or a large number of things.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
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, ΕΠΙΣΥΡΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΣΥΡΟΜΕΝΟΙ — dragging along, being dragged along, trailing, those dragging along, those being dragged along
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