ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΙΞΕΡΞΟΥ, προγονοιξερξου
PROGONOIXERXOU, progonoixerxou
Sounds Like: PRO-go-noy-KSER-xoo
Translations: unknown, garbled text
From the root: ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Unknown
Explanation: This word appears to be garbled or a severe misspelling. The first part, "ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΙ" (PROGONOI), strongly resembles the nominative or vocative plural of "πρόγονος" (progonos), meaning 'ancestors' or 'forefathers'. The latter part, "ΞΕΡΞΟΥ" (XERXOU), is highly unusual and does not correspond to any known Koine Greek word or inflection. It might be a transliteration of a foreign name like 'Xerxes' (Ξέρξης), but the ending '-ου' would typically indicate a genitive case, meaning 'of Xerxes'. Therefore, the entire string is likely a combination of a known Greek word and a foreign name, or simply a transcription error. It's not clear what the intended meaning or usage would be.
Inflection: Unknown
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 6:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΙΚΑΙΣ — (to) ancestral, (to) traditional, (to) hereditary
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΙ — ancestors, forefathers, progenitors
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΙΣ — ancestors, forefathers, (to) ancestors, (to) forefathers
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΝ — ancestor, forefathers, a forefather, ancestors, a progenitor, progenitors
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΣ — ancestor, forefather, progenitor, an ancestor
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΥ — of an ancestor, of forefathers, of parents, of progenitors
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΥΣ — ancestors, forefathers, a forefather
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΩ — ancestor, forefather, parent, of ancestors, of forefathers
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΩΝ — of ancestors, of forefathers, of parents
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