2001 Translation

Sounds Like: ES-sent

Translations: they were, they might be, they would be

From the root: ESSE

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: Essent is a form of the Latin verb 'esse', meaning 'to be'. Specifically, it is the third person plural imperfect subjunctive. It is used to express potential, hypothetical, or desired actions or states, often in subordinate clauses, indicating what 'they' were, might have been, or would be under certain conditions.

Inflection: Imperfect, Subjunctive, 3rd Person, Plural

Instances

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 8:90, 8:104
• Book Two — 8:90, 8:104

From the same root

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

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.

• ERAM — I was
• ERAT — was, he was, she was, it was, there was
• ERIT — will be, he will be, she will be, it will be
• ESTOTE — be, you all be
• FUERE — they were, they have been
• FUIT — was, has been
• SUNT — they are, there are

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