ΠΡΟΣΡΕΠΕΙΝ, προσρεπειν
PROSREPEIN, prosrepein
Sounds Like: pros-REH-peen
Translations: to incline, to tend, to be fitting, to be suitable
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΡΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to incline towards,' 'to tend towards,' or 'to be fitting/suitable for.' It describes something that is appropriate or naturally leans in a certain direction. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΠΡΟΣ (pros), meaning 'to' or 'towards,' and the verb ΡΕΠΩ (repo), meaning 'to incline' or 'to turn the scale.'
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 6:178
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΡΕΠΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΡΕΠΩ — to incline towards, to tend towards, to be suitable, to be fitting, to be proper
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