ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΕΙΝ, αὐτομολειν
AUTOMOLEIN, automolein
Sounds Like: ow-toh-moh-LEH-in
Translations: to desert, to go over, to defect, to betray, to revolt
From the root: ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΕΙΝ is the present active infinitive form of the verb ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΕΩ. It is a compound word formed from ΑΥ̓ΤΟΣ (autos, meaning 'self' or 'same') and ΜΟΛΕΙΝ (molein, the aorist infinitive of βλώσκω, blōskō, meaning 'to go' or 'to come'). Thus, it literally means 'to go by oneself' or 'to go of one's own accord', which evolved to mean to desert or defect, especially in a military or political context. It describes the act of abandoning one's allegiance or group to join an opposing one.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0891 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:16
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΕΩ.
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.
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΕΙ — deserts, defects, goes over, goes over to the enemy, goes over to
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΙ — to desert, to defect, to go over, to run away
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΝ — they deserted, they went over, they defected
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ — deserters, those who deserted, having deserted
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of one who deserted, of one who defected, of one who went over to the enemy
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΝΤΩΝ — (of) deserters, (of) those who deserted, (of) those who went over
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΣ — deserting, having deserted, defecting, having defected, going over, having gone over
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΑΣΙΝ — to deserters, to those who deserted, to those who went over, to those who defected
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΕΝ — deserted, went over, rebelled, defected
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΙΕΝ — they might desert, they might go over, they might go over to the enemy, they might be a deserter
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΥΝΤΑ — deserting, defecting, going over, a deserter, one who deserts
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΥΝΤΟΣ — (of) deserting, (of) defecting, (of) going over, (of) a deserter, (of) a defector
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΥΝΤΩΝ — deserters, of deserters, those deserting, those defecting
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΥΣ — deserters, a deserter, those deserting, those who desert
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΥΣΙΝ — they desert, they defect, they go over, they betray
- ΗΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΚΕΣΑΝ — they had deserted, they had defected, they had gone over
- ΗΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΗΣΕΝ — deserted, defected, went over, went over to the enemy
- ΗΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΥΝ — they were deserting, they were defecting, they were going over to the enemy
- ΤΟΥΣΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΕΙΝ — to desert, to go over to the enemy, to defect
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