ΚΑΙΛΙΘΟΒΟΛΟΙ, καιλιθοβολοι
KAILITHOBOLOI, kailithoboloi
Sounds Like: kai-li-tho-BO-loy
Translations: and stone-throwers, and rock-throwers
From the root: ΛΙΘΟΒΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'καί' (kai), meaning 'and', and 'λιθοβόλος' (lithobolos), meaning 'stone-thrower' or 'rock-thrower'. The combined word refers to individuals who throw stones or rocks, often in a military context or as a form of attack. It is used here in the plural form.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 1:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΙΘΟΒΟΛΟΣ.
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.
- ΛΙΘΟΒΟΛΟΙΣ — stone-throwers, those who throw stones, slingers
- ΛΙΘΟΒΟΛΟΥ — of stone-throwing, stone-throwing, for throwing stones
- ΛΙΘΟΒΟΛΟΥΣ — stone-throwing, stone-hurling, a stone-thrower, stone-throwers, a stone-hurler, stone-hurlers
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