ΠΡΟΣΗΜΥΝΟΝ, προσημυνον
PROSĒMYNON, prosēmynon
Sounds Like: pros-AY-my-non
Translations: to help, to assist, to defend, to ward off
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΑΜΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to help,' 'to assist,' 'to defend,' or 'to ward off.' It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'προς-' (pros-), meaning 'to' or 'toward,' and the verb 'ἀμύνω' (amynō), meaning 'to ward off' or 'to defend.' It describes the action of providing aid or protection to someone or something, often in the face of danger or difficulty.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Plural
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΑΜΥΝΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΑΜΥΝΑΙ — to help, to assist, to defend, to come to the aid of
- ΠΡΟΣΑΜΥΝΑΝΤΟΣ — of having helped, of having defended, of having come to aid, of having warded off
- ΠΡΟΣΑΜΥΝΕΙΝ — to help, to assist, to defend, to ward off, to come to the aid of
- ΠΡΟΣΑΜΥΝΩ — to help, to assist, to defend, to come to the aid of
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