ΤΕΤΑΦΡΕΥΤΑΙ, τεταφρευται
TETAPHREUTAI, tetaphreutai
Sounds Like: teh-TAF-re-tai
Translations: it has been trenched, it has been surrounded with a ditch, it has been fortified with a ditch
From the root: ΤΑΦΡΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person singular, perfect passive indicative form of the verb 'ταφρεύω' (taphreuo). It describes an action that has been completed in the past and has ongoing results in the present. Specifically, it means that something 'has been trenched' or 'has been surrounded with a ditch' or 'has been fortified with a ditch'. It would be used to describe a place or object that has had a trench dug around it, implying a state of being protected or enclosed by such a ditch.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Perfect, Passive, Indicative
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΑΦΡΕΥΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΕΤΑΦΡΕΥΘΗ — was trenched, was dug out, was excavated
- ἘΚΤΕΤΑΦΡΕΥΤΟ — it had been trenched, it had been ditched, it had been fortified with a ditch
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