ΠΕΝΤΕΣΠΕΙΡΩΝ, πεντεσπειρων
PENTESPEIRŌN, pentespeirōn
Sounds Like: PEN-tes-pei-RON
Translations: of five cohorts, of five companies
From the root: ΠΕΝΤΕ, ΣΠΕΙΡΑ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective meaning 'of five cohorts' or 'of five companies'. It describes something belonging to or consisting of five military units or groups. It would be used to modify a noun, indicating its relation to these five groups.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, All genders
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 18:1
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΠΕΝΤΕ, ΣΠΕΙΡΑ, appear in our texts.
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