ΠΥΚΝΟΤΕΡΩ, πυκνοτερω
PYKNOTERŌ, pyknoterō
Sounds Like: pyk-no-TEH-roh
Translations: denser, thicker, more frequent, more numerous
From the root: ΠΥΚΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'pyknos', meaning 'dense' or 'thick'. As a comparative, it means 'denser', 'thicker', 'more frequent', or 'more numerous'. It describes something that is more compact, more concentrated, or occurs with greater regularity or in larger quantity than something else. In the provided context, it is used to describe a fire that is 'denser' or 'more intense'.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine or Neuter, Comparative
Strong’s number: G4472 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 12:12
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 12:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΥΚΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΥΚΝΑ — thick, dense, frequent, often, a thick, a dense, a frequent, an often
- ΠΥΚΝΑΙ — thick, dense, frequent, close together
- ΠΥΚΝΑΙΣ — thick, dense, frequent, often
- ΠΥΚΝΑΣ — frequent, often, thick, dense, close, a frequent, an often
- ΠΥΚΝΗΝ — thick, dense, frequent, close, compact, a thick, a dense
- ΠΥΚΝΟΙΣ — thick, dense, frequent, numerous, close, crowded
- ΠΥΚΝΟΣ — frequent, often, thick, dense, close, compact
- ΠΥΚΝΟΤΑΤΗΣ — (of) the densest, (of) the thickest, (of) the most frequent
- ΠΥΚΝΟΤΑΤΟΥΣ — densest, thickest, most frequent, most numerous
- ΠΥΚΝΟΤΕΡΟΝ — denser, more frequent, more often, more thickly, more closely, more compactly
- ΠΥΚΝΩ — dense, thick, frequent, close, often, frequently, thickly
- ΠΥΚΝΩΝ — of thick, of dense, of frequent, of close, of crowded
- ΠΥΚΝΩΣ — often, frequently, thickly, closely, densely
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