ΠΟΛΕΜΟΤΡΟΦΕΙΝ, πολεμοτροφειν
POLEMOTROPHEIN, polemotrophein
Sounds Like: po-le-mo-tro-FEIN
Translations: to feed a war, to nourish a war, to sustain a war, to keep a war going
From the root: ΠΟΛΕΜΟΤΡΟΦΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb meaning to feed or nourish a war, implying the act of sustaining or prolonging a conflict. It describes the action of providing the necessary resources or conditions for a war to continue. It would be used in sentences to describe actions that contribute to the ongoing nature of hostilities.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 10:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΕΜΟΤΡΟΦΕΩ.
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.
- ΠΟΛΕΜΟΤΡΟΦΕΙ — to feed war, to nourish war, to support war, to wage war, to keep up war
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