ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΣ, αὐτομολος
AUTOMOLOS, automolos
Sounds Like: ow-TOH-moh-loss
Translations: deserter, a deserter, runaway, a runaway, traitor, a traitor, deserter (of), runaway (of), traitor (of)
From the root: ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word refers to someone who deserts their post, especially a soldier who abandons their army to join the enemy, or a slave who runs away from their master. It can be used as a noun to describe such a person or as an adjective to describe something as deserting or running away. It is a compound word formed from αὐτός (autos, 'self') and μολέω (moleō, 'to come, to go'), literally meaning 'one who comes of their own accord' or 'one who goes by oneself' (in the sense of deserting).
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G0846 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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, ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΣ.
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.
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΙ — deserters, runaways, traitors
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΟΙΣ — deserters, a deserter, runaways, a runaway
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΟΛΩΝ — deserter, a deserter, runaway, a runaway, fugitive, a fugitive, traitor, a traitor
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