ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΙΣ, επισφαλις
EPISPHALIS, episphalis
Sounds Like: eh-pee-SFAH-lees
Translations: dangerous, unsafe, precarious, unstable, slippery, uncertain
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is likely a misspelling or a rare variant of the Koine Greek adjective ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΗΣ (episphales). It describes something that is dangerous, unsafe, or precarious, implying a risk of falling or failure. It can be used to describe situations, conditions, or objects that are not secure or stable.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine (likely a variant of ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΗΣ)
Unknown: Yes
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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
- ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ — more dangerous, more precarious, more unstable, a more dangerous thing
- 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
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΟΥΣ — of uncertain, of dangerous, of perilous, of unstable, of slippery
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΩΣ — precariously, dangerously, uncertainly, insecurely, unsafely
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