ἈΠΗΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ, ἀπηνεστερον
APĒNESTERON, apēnesteron
Sounds Like: ah-pay-NES-teh-ron
Translations: harsher, more severe, more unkind, more ungentle, more cruel
From the root: ΑΠΗΝΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'apēnēs', meaning 'harsh' or 'unkind'. It describes something as being 'harsher', 'more severe', 'more unkind', or 'more ungentle' than something else. It can function as an adjective modifying a noun, or as an adverb describing a verb or another adjective.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative; or Adverbial Comparative
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 6:236
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΗΝΗΣ.
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.
- ΑΠΗΝΕΣΤΑΤΟΣ — most harsh, most rough, most severe, most cruel, most ungentle
- ΑΠΗΝΕΣΤΑΤΩΝ — of the most harsh, of the most rough, of the most cruel, of the most severe, of the most unfeeling
- ΑΠΗΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ — harsher, rougher, more cruel, a harsher thing, a rougher thing, a more cruel thing
- ΑΠΗΝΗΣ — unapproachable, inaccessible, harsh, rough, rude, cruel, unfeeling
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