ΠΑΛΑΙΣΤΙΑΙΑΝ, παλαιστιαιαν
PALAISTIAIAN, palaistiaian
Sounds Like: pa-lais-TEE-ai-an
Translations: a palm-breadth, a handbreadth, a palm-length
From the root: ΠΑΛΑΙΣΤΗ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is a palm-breadth in size, referring to a measurement equal to the width of a hand across the palm. It is used to indicate a small, specific dimension, often in the context of measurements for objects or structures.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:58
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 2:64
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΛΑΙΣΤΗ.
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.
- ΠΑΛΑΙΣΤΗΝ — palm, a palm, handbreadth, a handbreadth, span, a span
- ΠΑΛΑΙΣΤΙΑΙΑ — a handbreadth long, a handbreadth wide, a handbreadth
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