ὈΡΤΥΓΟΜΗΤΡΑΝ, ὀρτυγομητραν
ORTYGOMĒTRAN, ortygomētran
Sounds Like: or-too-go-MAY-tran
Translations: quail, a quail, the quail, mother quail
From the root: ΟΡΤΥΓΟΜΗΤΡΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a quail, specifically a mother quail or a large quail, often used collectively to refer to a flock of quails. It is a compound word formed from 'ὄρτυξ' (ortyx), meaning 'quail', and 'μήτηρ' (meter), meaning 'mother'. It is used to describe the birds themselves, particularly in contexts where they are provided as food.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3737 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΡΤΥΓΟΜΗΤΡΑ.
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.
- ὈΡΤΥΓΟΜΗΤΡΑ — quail, a quail, mother quail
- ΟΡΤΥΓΟΜΗΤΡΑ — quail-mother, mother of quails, a quail-mother
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