ΠΕΡΙΤΤΑ, περιττα
PERITTA, peritta
Sounds Like: peh-RIT-tah
Translations: superfluous, excessive, abundant, more than enough, redundant, unnecessary, superfluous things, excessive things
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΤΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is beyond what is necessary, expected, or appropriate. It can refer to an excess, an abundance, or something that is redundant or superfluous. It is often used to indicate that something is more than enough or goes beyond the required measure.
Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4053 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΤΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΤΤΟΣ — superfluous, redundant, excessive, more than enough, extraordinary, a superfluous, an extraordinary
- ΠΕΡΙΤΤΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more abundant, more excellent, more superfluous, more extraordinary, a more abundant thing, a more excellent thing
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