ΣΤΕΡΝΟΤΥΠΟΥΜΕΝΑΣ, στερνοτυπουμενας
STERNOTYPOUMENAS, sternotypoumenas
Sounds Like: ster-no-ty-POO-me-nas
Translations: beating one's breast, striking one's chest
From the root: ΣΤΕΡΝΟΤΥΠΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound participle, formed from 'στέρνον' (sternon, meaning 'breast' or 'chest') and 'τυπέω' (typeō, meaning 'to strike' or 'to beat'). It describes the action of beating or striking one's own breast or chest, often as a sign of grief, repentance, or deep emotion. It is used to describe someone who is performing this action.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Feminine, Accusative, Plural
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:320
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΕΡΝΟΤΥΠΕΩ.
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.
- ΣΤΕΡΝΟΤΥΠΟΥΜΕΝΗ — beaten on the breast, striking one's breast, lamenting, mourning
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