ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝ, σεβαστην
SEBASTĒN, sebastēn
Sounds Like: seh-bas-TEEN
Translations: Augusta, Sebaste, venerable, revered, august
From the root: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Proper Noun
Explanation: This word is the feminine singular accusative form of the adjective 'Σεβαστός' (Sebastos), meaning 'venerable' or 'august'. It was also used as a title for Roman emperors, equivalent to 'Augustus'. In the provided context, it most likely refers to a city named Sebaste or Augusta, which was a common name for cities founded or renamed in honor of the Roman emperor Augustus. When used as an adjective, it describes something or someone as worthy of reverence or respect.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΑ — Augusta, venerable, revered, holy, a holy one
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ — Augusta, venerable, reverend, an Augusta
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΟΙ — Augustan soldiers, Sebastenians, imperial troops
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΟΙΣ — Augustans, those belonging to Augustus, the imperial guard, the imperial troops, (to) Augustans
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΟΥΣ — Augusti, revered ones, venerable ones
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΩΝ — of the Augustans, of the Sebastians, of the Imperial soldiers
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΣ — Augustus, venerable, revered, an Augustus, a venerable one, (of) Augustus, (of) a venerable one, (to) Augustus, (to) a venerable one
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟ — Augustus, venerable, revered, a revered one, a venerable one
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΝ — Augustus, an Augustus, venerable, a venerable thing, revered, a revered thing, holy, a holy thing
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ — Augustus, venerable, reverend, worshipful, an Augustus
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ — of Augustus, of the venerable one, of the revered one
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ — (to) Augustus, (to) the venerable one, (to) the revered one, (to) an Augustus, (to) a venerable one, (to) a revered one
- ΤΟΥΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ — of Augustus, of the Emperor, of the venerable one, of the revered one
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