ΚΑΤΕΜΕΜΦΟΜΗΝ, κατεμεμφομην
KATEMEMPHOMĒN, katememphomēn
Sounds Like: kah-teh-MEM-foh-meen
Translations: I was blaming, I was finding fault with, I was censuring, I was reproaching
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΜΕΜΦΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the prefix 'κατά' (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb 'μέμφομαι' (memphomai), meaning 'to blame' or 'to find fault'. Together, 'καταμέμφομαι' means 'to blame strongly', 'to find fault with', or 'to censure'. The form 'κατεμεμφόμην' indicates an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past, specifically by the speaker (first person singular). It describes the act of expressing strong disapproval or criticism towards someone or something.
Inflection: First Person, Singular, Imperfect, Indicative, Middle/Passive
Strong’s number: G2691 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 33:167
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΜΕΜΦΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΜΕΜΦΘΕΙΣ — having been blamed, having been found fault with, having been criticized, having been reproached
- ΚΑΤΑΜΕΜΦΟΜΑΙ — to blame, to find fault with, to accuse
- ΚΑΤΑΜΕΜΨΑΙ — to blame, to find fault with, to complain against
- ΚΑΤΑΜΕΜΨΑΙΤ' — might blame, might find fault with, might complain against
- ΚΑΤΑΜΕΜΨΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having blamed, having found fault, having complained against
- ΚΑΤΕΜΕΜΦΕΤΟ — he was blaming, he was finding fault, he was reproaching, he was complaining against
- ΚΑΤΕΜΕΜΦΟΝΤΟ — they were blaming, they were finding fault with, they were complaining against
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