ΠΡΟΓΥΜΝΑΣΑΝΤΑ, προγυμνασαντα
PROGYMNASANTA, progymnasanta
Sounds Like: pro-gyoom-NAH-san-tah
Translations: having exercised beforehand, having trained beforehand, having practiced beforehand
From the root: ΠΡΟΓΥΜΝΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle, meaning 'having exercised beforehand' or 'having trained beforehand'. It describes an action completed prior to the main verb's action. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'προ-' (pro-), meaning 'before' or 'in front of', and 'γυμνάζω' (gymnazo), meaning 'to exercise' or 'to train'. It implies preparation or prior engagement in an activity.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine, Aorist, Active, Participle
Strong’s number: G4237 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 4:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΓΥΜΝΑΖΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΓΥΜΝΑΖΩ — to exercise beforehand, to practice beforehand, to train beforehand
- ΠΡΟΓΥΜΝΑΖΩΝ — exercising beforehand, training beforehand, practicing beforehand
- ΠΡΟΓΥΜΝΑΣΑΣΑ — having exercised beforehand, having trained beforehand, having practiced beforehand
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