ἈΠΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΟΙ, ἀπολισθανοι
APOLISTHANOI, apolisthanoi
Sounds Like: ah-po-LIH-stha-noy
Translations: slip away, slide off, fall off, be dislodged
From the root: ΑΠΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of slipping, sliding, or falling off from something. It implies a loss of grip or stability, causing something to become dislodged or move downwards unintentionally. It can be used to describe objects or people. The form ἈΠΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΟΙ is an inflected form of the verb.
Inflection: Present, Optative, Active, Third Person, Singular
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 5:56
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΩ.
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.
- ΑΠΟΛΙΣΘΑΙ — to slip away, to fall away, to backslide, to apostatize
- ΑΠΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΟΙ — may slip away, may fall away, may backslide, may stumble
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