ΠΑΡΑΙΤΙΟΣ, παραιτιος
PARAITIOS, paraitios
Sounds Like: pah-rah-EE-tee-oss
Translations: causing, responsible for, author of, occasion of, a cause, an author
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΙΤΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a compound adjective meaning 'causing' or 'responsible for'. It describes something or someone that is the origin or reason for an event or state, often implying a contributing or secondary cause rather than the sole one. It can be used to describe someone who is the author or instigator of something, whether good or bad.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G3933 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:88
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 11:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΙΤΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΙΟΙ — responsible for, causing, occasioning, to blame for
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΙΟΥΣ — causing, responsible for, accessory to
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