ΜΙΑΡΟΦΑΓΕΙΝ, μιαροφαγειν
MIAROPHAGEIN, miarophagein
Sounds Like: mee-ah-roh-fah-GEIN
Translations: to eat defiled things, to eat unclean things, to eat abominable things
From the root: ΜΙΑΡΟΦΑΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from "μιαρός" (miaros), meaning 'defiled' or 'unclean', and "φαγεῖν" (phagein), the aorist infinitive of "ἐσθίω" (esthio), meaning 'to eat'. It describes the act of consuming food that is considered ritually impure, unclean, or abominable according to religious or cultural standards. It implies a violation of dietary laws or a moral transgression through eating.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
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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, ΜΙΑΡΟΦΑΓΕΩ.
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.
- ΜΙΑΡΟΦΑΓΗΣΑΙ — to eat defiled things, to eat unclean things, to eat polluted things
- ΜΙΕΡΟΦΑΓΗΣΑΙ — to eat defiled things, to eat unclean things, to eat polluted things
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