ΚΑΘΕΚΤΙΚΟΙ, καθεκτικοι
KATHEKTIKOI, kathektikoi
Sounds Like: kah-thek-tee-KOY
Translations: restraining, holding back, able to restrain, able to hold back
From the root: ΚΑΘΕΚΤΙΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that has the ability to restrain, hold back, or control. It implies a capacity for self-control or for limiting the actions of others or oneself. It is used to describe individuals or principles that are effective in preventing something from happening or in keeping something within bounds.
Inflection: Plural, Masculine, Nominative or Vocative
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΕΚΤΙΚΟΣ.
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.
- ΚΑΘΕΚΤΙΚΟΣ — restraining, holding back, retentive, capable of holding, possessing
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