ΙΟΒΟΛΟΥΣ, ιοβολους
IOBOLOUS, iobolous
Sounds Like: ee-oh-BOH-looss
Translations: poison-darting, venomous, poisonous, arrow-shooting
From the root: ΙΟΒΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that shoots or throws poison, venom, or arrows. It is used to characterize something as venomous or poisonous, often in a metaphorical sense to describe harmful or malicious speech or actions, or literally for creatures that use venom. It is a compound word formed from 'ιος' (poison, venom, arrow) and 'βολος' (throwing, shooting).
Inflection: Masculine or Feminine, Accusative Plural
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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, ΙΟΒΟΛΟΣ.
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.
- ἸΟΒΟΛΩΝ — poison-darting, venom-throwing, venomous, poisonous
- ἸΟΒΟΛΩΤΑΤΑ — most venomous, most poisonous, most harmful, most destructive
- ΙΟΒΟΛΑ — poison-darted, venomous, poisonous, venom-darting
- ΙΟΒΟΛΩΝ — poison-darting, venomous, poisonous, darting venom, shooting arrows
- ΙΟΒΟΛΩΤΑΤΑ — most venomously, most poisonously, most maliciously
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