ΠΕΡΙΨΟΦΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ, περιψοφουμενοι
PERIPSOPHOUMENOI, peripsophoumenoi
Sounds Like: peh-ree-pso-FOO-meh-noy
Translations: making a noise around, rustling around, surrounded by noise, being sounded around
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΨΟΦΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the preposition περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and the verb ψοφέω (psopheō), meaning 'to make a noise' or 'to rustle'. As a participle, it describes something or someone that is making a noise in the vicinity, or is being surrounded by noise. It implies an action of sound occurring around a subject.
Inflection: Plural, Masculine, Nominative, Present, Middle/Passive, Participle
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 3:67
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΨΟΦΕΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΨΟΦΕΩ — to make a noise around, to resound, to clatter around
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