ΚΑΤΑΚΡΑΤΟΣ, κατακρατος
KATAKRATOS, katakratos
Sounds Like: kah-tah-KRAH-toss
Translations: with full force, completely, utterly, by force, powerful, mighty
From the root: ΚΡΑΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word is a compound word formed from 'κατά' (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and 'κράτος' (kratos), meaning 'strength' or 'power'. It describes something done with overwhelming force or power, or something that is complete and absolute. It can function as an adjective meaning 'powerful' or 'mighty', or more commonly as an adverb meaning 'with full force', 'completely', or 'utterly'.
Inflection: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (functioning adverbially)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 7:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΡΑΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΑ — dominion, mastery, control, power, sway, a dominion, a mastery, a control, a power, a sway
- ΚΡΑΤ — strength, power, might, dominion, rule, to be strong, to rule, mighty, powerful
- ΚΡΑΤΕΑ — power, strength, might, dominion, a power, a strength
- ΚΡΑΤΕΑΝ — strong, mighty, powerful, a strong one, a mighty one
- ΚΡΑΤΗ — strength, power, might, dominion, rule, a strength, a power
- ΚΡΑΤΙ — (to) strength, (to) power, (to) might, (to) dominion, (to) rule, (to) force, (to) a strong one, (to) a powerful one, (to) a mighty one, (to) the best, (to) the strongest, (to) the most excellent
- ΚΡΑΤΟΣ — power, strength, might, dominion, rule, a power, a strength
- ΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ — of strength, of power, of might, of dominion, of rule, of force
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