ΕἸΣΜΗΚΙΣΤΟΝ, εἰσμηκιστον
EISMĒKISTON, eismēkiston
Sounds Like: eis-MAY-kis-ton
Translations: longest, highest, a longest, a highest
From the root: ΜΗΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a superlative adjective, meaning 'longest' or 'highest'. It describes something that possesses the quality of length or height to the greatest degree. It is often used to emphasize an extreme dimension, such as the greatest length or the greatest height of an object or structure.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter, Superlative
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 6:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΗΚΟΣ.
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.
- ΕΠΙΜΗΚΕΣΤΕΡΩΝ — (of) longer, (of) more extended, (of) more lengthy
- ΜΗΚΕΙ — length, (by) length, (in) length, (to) length
- ΜΗΚΙ — length, a length, (to) length, (in) length
- ΜΗΚΙΣΤΗΣ — longest, a longest, greatest in length, tallest, a tallest
- ΜΗΚΟΣ — length, a length
- ΜΗΚΟΣΜΕΝ — length, indeed, on the one hand
- ΜΗΚΟΥΣ — of length, of height, of size, of extent
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