ΦΟΙΝΙΚΤΟΝ, φοινικτον
PHOINIKTON, phoinikton
Sounds Like: foy-NIK-ton
Translations: purple, dyed purple, red, dyed red
From the root: ΦΟΙΝΙΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective describing something that has been dyed purple or red. It is used to indicate the color of an object, specifically one that has been artificially colored.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 4:80
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΟΙΝΙΣΣΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΦΟΙΝΙΧΘΑΙ — to have been made red, to have been dyed crimson, to have been stained purple
- ΦΟΙΝΙΣΣΟΥΣΙ — they redden, they make red, they dye red
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