ΠΟΛΕΜΙΣΤΗΡΙΩ, πολεμιστηριω
POLEMISTĒRIŌ, polemistēriō
Sounds Like: po-le-mis-TEE-ree-oh
Translations: (to) a place for war, (to) a place for fighting, (to) a military engine, (to) a war machine
From the root: ΠΟΛΕΜΙΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a place or instrument used for warfare. It is a compound word derived from 'πόλεμος' (war) and the suffix '-τήριον' (indicating a place or instrument). It can describe a fortified position, a battleground, or a piece of military equipment like a siege engine or a weapon. In a sentence, it would indicate the recipient or location of an action related to war.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Neuter
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 8:198
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΕΜΙΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΠΟΛΕΜΙΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ — military equipment, military apparatus, a military engine, a military machine
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