ΛΗΝΑΙΖΩ, ληναιζω
LĒNAIZŌ, lēnaizō
Sounds Like: lay-NAI-zoh
Translations: to tread the winepress, to press grapes, to make wine
From the root: ΛΗΝΑΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes the action of treading grapes in a winepress to extract their juice, a common agricultural practice in ancient times for making wine. It refers specifically to the physical act of pressing the grapes.
Inflection: Does not inflect (this is the infinitive/present active indicative first person singular form)
Instances
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΗΝΑΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΛΗΝΑΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ — treading the winepress, pressing grapes
- ΛΗΝΑΙΖΟΥΣΙΝ — they tread the winepress, they celebrate the Lenaea
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