ΠΟΛΥΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΝ, πολυανθρωπον
POLYANTHRŌPON, polyanthrōpon
Sounds Like: pol-y-AN-thro-pon
Translations: populous, densely populated, full of people, well-manned, numerous
From the root: ΠΟΛΥΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective formed from 'πολύς' (polys), meaning 'many' or 'much', and 'ἄνθρωπος' (anthropos), meaning 'man' or 'human'. It describes a place or group that has a large number of people or is densely populated. It can also refer to a large or numerous force, such as an army.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative; or Singular, Masculine, Accusative
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 8:329
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΥΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΟΛΥΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΤΑΤΟΝ — most populous, very populous, most densely populated
- ΠΟΛΥΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΤΕΡΑΝ — more populous, more densely populated
- ΠΟΛΥΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥ — (of) populous, (of) a populous, (of) densely populated, (of) a densely populated, (of) full of people
- ΠΟΛΥΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥΣ — populous, densely populated, full of people
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