ΗΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΥΝ, ηὐτομολουν
ĒUTOMOLOUN, ēutomoloun
Sounds Like: ee-too-mo-LOO-oon
Translations: they were deserting, they were defecting, they were going over to the enemy
From the root: ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the verb 'αὐτομολέω' (automoleō), meaning 'to desert' or 'to defect'. It is a compound word formed from 'αὐτός' (autos), meaning 'self', and 'μολεῖν' (molein), an aorist infinitive of 'βλώσκω' (blōskō), meaning 'to go' or 'to come'. Thus, it literally means 'to go by oneself' or 'to go over to one's own accord', implying a change of allegiance. It describes the action of individuals or groups abandoning their side to join the opposing one, often in a military context. In this form, it indicates a continuous or repeated action in the past, specifically 'they were deserting' or 'they were defecting'.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G888 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 6:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΕΩ.
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.
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΕΙ — deserts, defects, goes over, goes over to the enemy, goes over to
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΕΙΝ — to desert, to go over, to defect, to betray, to revolt
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΙ — to desert, to defect, to go over, to run away
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΝ — they deserted, they went over, they defected
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ — deserters, those who deserted, having deserted
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of one who deserted, of one who defected, of one who went over to the enemy
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΝΤΩΝ — (of) deserters, (of) those who deserted, (of) those who went over
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΣ — deserting, having deserted, defecting, having defected, going over, having gone over
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΣΙΝ — to deserters, to those who deserted, to those who went over, to those who defected
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΕΝ — deserted, went over, rebelled, defected
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΙΕΝ — they might desert, they might go over, they might go over to the enemy, they might be a deserter
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΥΝΤΑ — deserting, defecting, going over, a deserter, one who deserts
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΥΝΤΟΣ — (of) deserting, (of) defecting, (of) going over, (of) a deserter, (of) a defector
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΥΝΤΩΝ — deserters, of deserters, those deserting, those defecting
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΥΣ — deserters, a deserter, those deserting, those who desert
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΥΣΙΝ — they desert, they defect, they go over, they betray
- ΗΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΚΕΣΑΝ — they had deserted, they had defected, they had gone over
- ΗΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΕΝ — deserted, defected, went over, went over to the enemy
- ΤΟΥΣΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΕΙΝ — to desert, to go over to the enemy, to defect
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