ΠΕΡΙΜΑΧΗΤΟΤΕΡΟΙ, περιμαχητοτεροι
PERIMACHĒTOTEROI, perimachētoteroi
Sounds Like: peh-ree-mah-khee-TOH-teh-roy
Translations: more fought over, more contended for, more disputed, more highly prized
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΜΑΧΗΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective, meaning 'more fought over' or 'more contended for'. It describes something that is the subject of greater dispute or is more highly valued, leading to more contention. It is used to compare the degree of contention or value between two or more things.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine, Comparative Degree
Strong’s number: G4021 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 5:88
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΜΑΧΗΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΜΑΧΗΤΟΝ — much-contested, eagerly contended for, fought over, a much-contested thing
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