ΜΕΜΗΚΥΝΤΟΚΑΥΛΙΣΚΟΙ, μεμηκυντοκαυλισκοι
MEMĒKYNTOKAULISKOI, memēkyntokauliskoi
Sounds Like: meh-MAY-koon-toh-KAH-oo-lees-koy
Translations: had been lengthened small stalks, had grown long small stems
From the root: ΜΗΚΥΝΩ, ΚΑΥΛΙΣΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the verb 'μηκύνω' (to lengthen, prolong, grow long) and the noun 'καυλίσκος' (a small stalk or stem). The verbal part 'μεμήκυντο' is the 3rd person plural pluperfect passive indicative of 'μηκύνω', meaning 'they had been lengthened' or 'they had grown long'. The noun 'καυλίσκοι' is the nominative/vocative masculine plural of 'καυλίσκος', meaning 'small stalks' or 'small stems'. Therefore, the compound word describes small stalks or stems that had grown long or had been lengthened.
Inflection: Compound word: Verb (3rd Person Plural, Pluperfect, Passive, Indicative), Noun (Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine)
Strong’s numbers: G3370 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2764 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 5:54
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΜΗΚΥΝΩ, ΚΑΥΛΙΣΚΟΣ, appear in our texts.
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