ΛΙΘΟΤΟΜΙΑΙΣ, λιθοτομιαις
LITHOTOMIAIS, lithotomiais
Sounds Like: li-tho-to-MEE-ais
Translations: quarries, stone-cuttings, stone-quarries
From the root: ΛΙΘΟΤΟΜΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to places where stone is cut or quarried, or the act of cutting stone itself. It is a compound word formed from 'λίθος' (lithos), meaning 'stone', and 'τομή' (tomē), meaning 'a cutting' or 'a section'. It describes the process or location related to extracting stone.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 30:278
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΙΘΟΤΟΜΙΑ.
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.
- ΛΙΘΟΤΟΜΙΑΣ — of stone-cutting, of quarrying, of a quarry, of a stone-quarry
- ΛΙΘΟΤΟΜΙΩΝ — of stone quarries, of stone cuttings, of quarries
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