2001 Translation

Sounds Like: deh-LAH-tah

Translations: carried down, brought, reported, accused, a thing carried down, a thing brought, a thing reported, a thing accused

From the root: DEFERO

Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective

Explanation: DELATA is a perfect passive participle of the Latin verb DEFERO, meaning 'to carry down, bring, report, or accuse'. As a participle, it functions adjectivally, describing something that has been carried down, brought, reported, or accused. It can also be used as part of a passive verb construction.

Inflection: Feminine, Singular, Nominative or Ablative; or Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative

Instances

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 8:108
• Book Two — 8:108

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, DEFERO.

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.

• DEFERO — carry down, bring down, report, refer, offer, confer, pay, register, enter, bring before, accuse
• DETULISSE — to have carried down, to have brought, to have reported, to have conferred, to have offered

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