ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ, ἐπισφαλεστερον
EPISPHALESTERON, episphalesteron
Sounds Like: eh-pee-sfa-LEH-steh-ron
Translations: more dangerous, more precarious, more unstable, a more dangerous thing
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'ἐπισφαλής' (episphales), meaning 'dangerous' or 'precarious'. As a comparative, it indicates a higher degree of danger, instability, or precariousness. It describes something that is more likely to fall, fail, or cause harm, or a situation that is more uncertain and risky.
Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Comparative Degree
Strong’s number: G2078 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:314
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΗΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΕΙΣ — dangerous, unsafe, perilous, precarious, uncertain, unstable, risky
- ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΕΣ — dangerous, perilous, unsafe, precarious, risky
- ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΗ — dangerous, perilous, risky, precarious, unstable, insecure
- ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΟΥΣ — dangerous, perilous, unsafe, hazardous, a dangerous thing
- ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΩΣ — precariously, dangerously, uncertainly, unsteadily, insecurely
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΕΙΣ — dangerous, unsafe, perilous, precarious, uncertain, unstable
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΕΣ — dangerous, unsafe, precarious, unstable, a dangerous thing, an unsafe thing
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΗΣ — unstable, dangerous, perilous, precarious, slippery, insecure
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΙΣ — dangerous, unsafe, precarious, unstable, slippery, uncertain
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΟΥΣ — of uncertain, of dangerous, of perilous, of unstable, of slippery
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΩΣ — precariously, dangerously, uncertainly, insecurely, unsafely
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