ΘΑΥΜΑΣΙΩΠΟΛΥΤΕΛΕΙΑ, θαυμασιωπολυτελεια
THAUMASIŌPOLYTELEIA, thaumasiōpolyteleia
Sounds Like: thav-mah-see-oh-po-lyoo-teh-LEH-ah
Translations: amazing splendor, wonderful extravagance, marvelous costliness
From the root: ΘΑΥΜΑΣΙΟΣ, ΠΟΛΥΤΕΛΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'θαυμάσιος' (thaumasios), meaning 'wonderful' or 'amazing', and 'πολυτέλεια' (polyteleia), meaning 'costliness', 'extravagance', or 'splendor'. The combined word describes something that possesses an astonishing or marvelous degree of splendor, costliness, or extravagance. It would be used to emphasize the extraordinary nature of something's magnificence or expense.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 6:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΑΥΜΑΣΙΟΣ, ΠΟΛΥΤΕΛΕΙΑ.
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.
- ΘΑΥΜΑΣΙΟΠΟΛΥΤΕΛΕΙΑ — wonderful magnificence, marvelous splendor, astonishing costliness, a wonderful magnificence, an astonishing costliness
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