ΠΡΟΣὈΛΕΘΡΟΝ, προσὀλεθρον
PROSOLETHRON, prosolethron
Sounds Like: pros-O-leth-ron
Translations: destructive, ruinous, fatal, deadly
From the root: ΟΛΕΘΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a compound adjective formed from 'πρός' (pros), meaning 'to' or 'towards', and 'ὄλεθρος' (olethros), meaning 'destruction' or 'ruin'. It describes something that leads to or is characterized by destruction, ruin, or death. It is used to describe things that are fatal or deadly in their effect.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 13:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΛΕΘΡΟΣ.
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.
- ὈΛΕΘΡΟΝ — destruction, ruin, death, a destruction
- ὈΛΕΘΡΩ — (to) destruction, (to) ruin, (to) death, (to) perdition
- ΟΛΕΘΡ — destruction, ruin, death, perdition
- ΟΛΕΘΡΕΙΑΣ — of destruction, of ruin, of perdition, of calamity
- ΟΛΕΘΡΙΑΣ — (of) destructive, (of) ruinous, (of) deadly
- ΟΛΕΘΡΟΝ — destruction, ruin, death, a destruction
- ΟΛΕΘΡΟΣ — destruction, ruin, perdition, a destruction, a ruin, a perdition
- ΟΛΕΘΡΟΥ — of destruction, of ruin, of perdition, of death, of a destruction, of a ruin, of a perdition, of a death
- ΟΛΕΘΡΩ — to destruction, to ruin, to perdition
- ΠΡΟΣΟΛΕΘΡΟΝ — destructive, ruinous, causing destruction, bringing ruin
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