ΟΜΗΡΕΥΟΝΤΑΣ, ομηρευοντας
OMĒREUONTAS, omēreuontas
Sounds Like: oh-mee-REH-oo-on-tas
Translations: being held as hostage, serving as hostage, acting as hostage
From the root: ΟΜΗΡΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb meaning 'to be a hostage' or 'to serve as a hostage'. It describes someone who is currently in the state of being held as a hostage or acting in that capacity. It functions adjectivally, modifying a noun or pronoun, or adverbially, describing the manner of an action.
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine, Plural
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 8:31
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΜΗΡΕΥΩ.
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.
- ΟΜΗΡΕΥΕΙ — to be a hostage, to be held as a hostage, to give hostages, to pledge
- ΟΜΗΡΕΥΜΑ — hostage, a hostage, pledge, a pledge, security, a security
- ΟΜΗΡΕΥΟΝΤΑ — being held as a hostage, being a hostage, being given as a hostage, being taken as a hostage
- ΟΜΗΡΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ — (of) being a hostage, (of) serving as a hostage
- ΟΜΗΡΕΥΟΝΤΩΝ — being held as hostages, of those being held as hostages, of those who are hostages
- ΟΜΗΡΕΥΣΟΝΤΑΣ — who will be hostages, about to be hostages, to give as hostages, to hold as hostages
- ΟΜΗΡΕΥΩ — to be a hostage, to give hostages, to give security, to be surety
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