ὈΞΥΡΥΓΧΙΤΑΙΤΟΝ, ὀξυρυγχιταιτον
OXYRYGCHITAITON, oxyrygchitaiton
Sounds Like: ok-soo-RYN-khee-tai-ton
Translations: Oxyrhynchites, of Oxyrhynchites, the Oxyrhynchites
From the root: ὈΞΥΡΥΓΧΙΤΑΙ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the inhabitants of the ancient Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus. It is a compound word derived from ὈΞΥΡΥΓΧΟΣ (Oxyrhynchos), the name of the city, and the suffix -ΙΤΑΙ, which denotes inhabitants or people from a place. The ending -ΤΟΝ here indicates the genitive plural, meaning 'of the Oxyrhynchites'. The city was famous for the discovery of a large collection of ancient manuscripts, known as the Oxyrhynchus Papyri.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:120
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ὈΞΥΡΥΓΧΙΤΑΙ, appear in our texts.
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