ΚΑΤΑΤΑΧΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ, καταταχησαντες
KATATACHĒSANTES, katatachēsantes
Sounds Like: kah-tah-tah-KHEE-sahn-tes
Translations: having hastened down, having sped down, having rushed down
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΤΑΧΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound participle, combining the prefix 'κατά' (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', with the verb 'ταχύω' (tachyō), meaning 'to hasten' or 'to speed'. As a participle, it describes an action that has already occurred, indicating that the subject has hastened or sped downwards or in a specific direction. It is used to describe someone who has quickly moved or descended.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 9:286
From the same root
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