ἈΔΙΑΒΗΝΟΥΣ, ἀδιαβηνους
ADIABĒNOUS, adiabēnous
Sounds Like: ah-dee-ah-BEE-noos
Translations: of Adiabene, Adiabenians
From the root: ἈΔΙΑΒΗΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun referring to Adiabene, an ancient kingdom located in Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Zab rivers. It was a historical region often associated with Assyria. The form 'ἈΔΙΑΒΗΝΟΥΣ' is the genitive plural of 'ἈΔΙΑΒΗΝΟΣ', meaning 'of the Adiabenians' or 'of those from Adiabene'. It can also be the accusative plural, meaning 'the Adiabenians' (as direct object).
Inflection: Plural, Genitive or Accusative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 1:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΔΙΑΒΗΝΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΔΙΑΒΗΝΟΣ — Adiabenus
- ἈΔΙΑΒΗΝΩΝ — of Adiabene, of the Adiabenes
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