ΚΟΙΛΑΙΝΕΤΑΙ, κοιλαινεται
KOILAINETAI, koilainetai
Sounds Like: koy-LAI-neh-tai
Translations: it is hollowed out, it is made hollow, it becomes hollow
From the root: ΚΟΙΛΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to hollow out' or 'to make hollow'. In the middle or passive voice, as it appears here, it means 'to be hollowed out' or 'to become hollow'. It describes something undergoing the process of becoming concave or empty inside.
Inflection: Present, Indicative, Middle or Passive, Third Person, Singular
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 6:140
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΙΛΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΚΟΙΛΑΙΝΟΥΣΑ — hollowing out, making hollow, excavating
- ΚΟΙΛΑΙΝΩ — to hollow, to make hollow, to become hollow, to be hollowed out
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