ΜΙΑΡΟΦΑΓΙΑ, μιαροφαγια
MIAROPHAGIA, miarophagia
Sounds Like: mee-ah-roh-fah-GEE-ah
Translations: eating of defiled things, eating of unclean things, defiled food, unclean food
From the root: ΜΙΑΡΟΦΑΓΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun formed from 'μιαρός' (miaros), meaning 'defiled' or 'unclean', and 'φαγία' (phagia), meaning 'eating' or 'food'. It refers to the act of consuming food that is considered ritually impure, defiled, or unclean, often in a religious or moral context. It can also refer to the defiled food itself.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΙΑΡΟΦΑΓΙΑ.
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.
- ΜΙΑΡΟΦΑΓΙΑΣ — (of) defilement, (of) pollution, (of) eating of defiled things, (of) eating of unclean things
- ΜΙΕΡΟΦΑΓΙΑΝ — defiled eating, unclean eating, the eating of defiled things
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