ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΩΤΑΤΟΣ, φιλοπονωτατος
PHILOPONŌTATOS, philoponōtatos
Sounds Like: fee-loh-poh-NOH-tah-tos
Translations: most industrious, most diligent, most hard-working, most laborious, most painstaking
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the superlative form of the adjective 'φιλόπονος' (philoponos), meaning 'industrious' or 'diligent'. As a superlative, it describes someone or something as being 'most industrious' or 'most hard-working'. It emphasizes an extreme degree of effort, diligence, or love of labor. It can be used to describe a person who is exceptionally dedicated to their work or tasks.
Inflection: Superlative, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 10:216
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΟΝ — industrious, laborious, diligent, hard-working
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΟΥΣ — labor-loving, industrious, diligent, laborious, hard-working
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΩΣ — diligently, laboriously, industriously, assiduously
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΩΤΑΤΗ — most diligent, most laborious, most fond of toil, a most diligent, a most laborious, a most fond of toil
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more laborious, more industrious, more diligent, more painstaking, a more laborious thing, more industriously, more diligently
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