ΠΟΛΕΙΤΟΝ, πολειτον
POLEITON, poleiton
Sounds Like: POH-lee-ton (if pronounced as written, but likely incorrect)
Translations: It's not clear what this word means. It could be garbled or badly misspelled. If it's a misspelling of 'πόλεων' (poleon), it would mean 'of cities'. If it's a misspelling of 'πολίτην' (politēn), it would mean 'citizen, a citizen'.
From the root: ΠΟΛΙΣ
Part of Speech: Unknown
Explanation: The word "ΠΟΛΕΙΤΟΝ" does not appear to be a standard or recognized word in Koine Greek. It is highly probable that it is a misspelling or a garbled form of another word. Given the context, it might be intended as a form of 'πόλις' (polis), meaning 'city', or 'πολίτης' (politēs), meaning 'citizen'. If it were 'πόλεων' (poleon), it would be the genitive plural of 'city'. If it were 'πολίτην' (politēn), it would be the accusative singular of 'citizen'. Without further context or correction, its precise meaning and usage are uncertain.
Inflection: Unknown or likely a misspelling. If it were 'πόλεων', it would be Genitive, Plural, Feminine. If it were 'πολίτην', it would be Accusative, Singular, Masculine.
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 5:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΙΣ.
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.
- ΑΠΟΛΙ — city, a city, town, a town
- ἨΠΟΛΕΩΝ — of cities
- ΜΕΝΠΟΛΕΩΣ — (of) the city, (of) a city
- ΠΟΛΕ — of a city, of the city, of a town, of the town
- ΠΟΛΕΙ — (to) a city, (to) the city, (in) a city, (in) the city, (for) a city, (for) the city
- ΠΟΛΕΙΚΑΙ — to the city, for the city, a city
- ΠΟΛΕΙΣ — cities, a city
- ΠΟΛΕΣΙ — to cities, for cities, in cities
- ΠΟΛΕΣΙΝ — to cities, for cities, in cities, among cities
- ΠΟΛΕΣΙΝΤΑΣ — cities, (in) cities, (to) cities
- ΠΟΛΕΩ — of the city, of a city
- ΠΟΛΕΩΝ — of cities
- ΠΟΛΕΩΝΤΗΣ — of cities, cities
- ΠΟΛΕΩΣ — (of) a city, (of) the city, city, a city
- ΠΟΛΕΩΣΣΦΑΣ — unknown
- ΠΟΛΙ — city, a city
- ΠΟΛΙΕΙ — will make a city, will build a city, will found a city, will become a city, will be a citizen, will live as a citizen
- ΠΟΛΙΝ — city, a city
- ΠΟΛΙΝἨ — city, a city
- ΠΟΛΙΣ — city, a city, town, a town
- ΠΟΛΙΣΤΡΙΣΙ — (to) cities, (to) towns
- ΠΟΛΙΧΝΙΑ — small city, town, village, a small city, a town, a village
- ΠΟΛΙΧΝΙΟΝ — small city, a small city, town, a town, village, a village
- ΤΑΙΣΠΟΛΕΣΙΝ — to the cities, for the cities, in the cities
- ΤΗΣΠΟΛΕΩΣ — of the city, of a city
- ΤΗΣΠΟΛΙΑΣ — of the city, of a city
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