ἈΣΦΑΛΤΙΔΟΣ, ἀσφαλτιδος
ASPHALTIDOS, asphaltidos
Sounds Like: as-phal-TEE-dos
Translations: (of) asphalt, (of) bitumen
From the root: ἈΣΦΑΛΤΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to asphalt or bitumen, a natural substance used in ancient times for various purposes, such as waterproofing or as a binding agent. It is typically used to describe something made of or related to this material.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 10:206
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΦΑΛΤΙΣ.
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.
- ἈΣΦΑΛΤΙΔΙ — asphalt, bitumen, pitch
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