ΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΙΩ, προσωπειω
PROSŌPEIŌ, prosōpeiō
Sounds Like: proh-soh-PEH-yoh
Translations: to put on a mask, to wear a mask, to disguise, to feign, to pretend
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΝ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to put on a mask' or 'to wear a mask'. It can also be used metaphorically to mean 'to disguise oneself', 'to feign', or 'to pretend'. It describes the act of adopting an appearance or role that is not one's true self, often for deception or theatrical purposes.
Inflection: First Person Singular, Present Active Indicative
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:36
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΝ.
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.
- ΠΟΣΩΠΟ — face, a face, presence, a presence, person, a person, countenance, a countenance, appearance, an appearance
- ΠΡΟΠΟΣΕΩΝ — (of) faces, (of) persons, (of) presences, (of) appearances
- ΠΡΟΣΟΠΟΝ — face, countenance, presence, person, appearance, a face, a countenance, a presence, a person, an appearance
- ΠΡΟΣΩ — (of) face, (of) presence, (of) countenance, (to) face, (to) presence, (to) countenance
- ΠΡΟΣΩΠ' — face, a face, countenance, presence, a person, person, appearance
- ΠΡΟΣΩΠΑ — faces, countenances, presences, persons, appearances
- ΠΡΟΣΩΠΑʼ — faces, persons, appearances, presences
- ΠΡΟΣΩΠΑΥ — face, a face, presence, a presence, person, a person, appearance, an appearance, countenance, a countenance
- ΠΡΟΣΩΠΙΑ — respect of persons, partiality, favoritism
- ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΙΣ — to faces, to persons, to presences, with faces, with persons, with presences
- ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΝ — face, a face, presence, person, appearance
- ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΥ — of face, of countenance, of presence, of person, of a face, of a countenance, of a presence, of a person
- ΠΡΟΣΩΠΩ — (to) face, (to) presence, (to) person, (to) appearance, (to) countenance, (to) a face, (to) a presence, (to) a person, (to) an appearance, (to) a countenance
- ΠΡΟΣΩΠΩΝ — of face, of faces, of person, of persons, of presence, of presences, of appearance, of appearances
- ΠΡΟΣΩΤΙΑ — face, a face, presence, a presence, person, a person, countenance, a countenance, appearance, an appearance
- ΠΡΟΣΩΤΟΥ — of face, of a face, of presence, of a presence, of countenance, of a countenance, of person, of a person
- ΠΡΩΠΟΥ — (of) face, (of) presence, (of) person, (of) appearance
- ΠΡΩΣΩΠΟΥ — of face, of countenance, of presence, of person
- ΣΩΠΟΥ — of face, of a face, of presence, of a presence, of person, of a person
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