ΥΠΟΝΟΘΕΥΣΑΣ, υπονοθευσας
YPONOTHEUSAS, yponotheusas
Sounds Like: hoo-po-no-THEV-sas
Translations: having secretly corrupted, having secretly adulterated, having secretly falsified
From the root: ΝΟΘΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle, meaning 'having secretly corrupted' or 'having secretly adulterated'. It describes an action completed in the past by the subject, indicating that they performed the act of corrupting or falsifying something in a hidden or underhanded manner. It is formed from the verb 'νοθεύω' (notheuo), meaning 'to adulterate' or 'to corrupt', with the prefix 'ὑπο-' (hypo-), which adds the sense of 'under', 'secretly', or 'subtly'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Aorist, Active, Participle
Strong’s number: G3559 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 4:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΟΘΕΥΩ.
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.
- ΝΟΘΕΥΣΑΣ — having bastardized, having corrupted, having adulterated, having falsified
- ΝΟΘΕΥΩ — to adulterate, to corrupt, to falsify, to dilute, to counterfeit
- ΝΟΘΕΥΩΝ — adulterating, corrupting, falsifying, debasing, bastardizing
- ΥΠΟΝΟΘΕΥΩ — to adulterate secretly, to corrupt secretly, to counterfeit secretly, to falsify secretly
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