ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΥΟΝΤΕΣ, μεταλλευοντες
METALLEUONTES, metalleuontes
Sounds Like: meh-tal-LEH-oo-on-tes
Translations: mining, working metals, digging for metals, extracting minerals
From the root: ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle derived from the verb 'μεταλλεύω', meaning 'to mine' or 'to work metals'. It describes someone who is actively engaged in the process of mining, digging for, or extracting minerals and metals from the earth. It can be used to describe the action of miners or those involved in metallurgical work.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine or Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Plural
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 2:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΥΩ.
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.
- ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΥΕΙ — to mine, to dig, to search, to investigate, to explore
- ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΥΕΤΑΙ — is mined, is dug up, is excavated
- ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΥΟΜΕΝΗ — being mined, being dug up, being searched for, being investigated
- ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΥΣΕΙΣ — you will mine, you will dig for metals, you will quarry
- ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΥΩ — to mine, to dig for metals, to quarry
- ΜΕΤΗΛΛΕΥΟΝ — they mined, they dug, they worked mines
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