ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΑΤΩΝ, παλαιοτατων
PALAIOTATŌN, palaiotatōn
Sounds Like: pa-lie-oh-TAH-tone
Translations: of the oldest, of the most ancient
From the root: ΠΑΛΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the adjective 'palaios', meaning 'old' or 'ancient'. 'Palaiotaton' is the superlative form, indicating 'oldest' or 'most ancient'. It is used to describe things or people that are the most aged or have existed for the longest time, often in a historical or temporal context. As a genitive plural, it typically functions to show possession or relationship, meaning 'belonging to the oldest' or 'concerning the most ancient ones'.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, All genders, Superlative
Strong’s number: G3820 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 2:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΛΑΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΑΛΑΙΑΝ — old, ancient, former, a former
- ΠΑΛΑΙΑΣ — old, ancient, former, of old, of ancient times
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΙ — old, ancient, former, a former
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΙΣ — old, ancient, former, of old, of ancient things
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΝ — old, ancient, former, an old thing, the old
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΣ — old, ancient, former
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΑΤΑ — oldest, most ancient, most antiquated, most worn out
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΝ — oldest, most ancient, the oldest, the most ancient
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΥ — (of) oldest, (of) most ancient, (of) very old
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΕΡΑ — older, more ancient, former, earlier
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΕΡΟΙΣ — older, more ancient, more aged, more old
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΕΡΩΝ — older, of older things, of older ones, more ancient, of more ancient things, of more ancient ones
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΥ — of old, of ancient, old, ancient, former
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΥΣ — old, ancient, former, worn out
- ΠΑΛΑΙΩΝ — of old, of ancient, of former, of worn out
- ΠΑΛΕΩΣΙΝ — old, ancient, former, worn out
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