ΓΥΜΝΗΤΕΣ, γυμνητες
GYMNĒTES, gymnētes
Sounds Like: gym-NEE-tess
Translations: light-armed soldiers, skirmishers, naked ones, lightly clad ones
From the root: ΓΥΜΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: ΓΥΜΝΗΤΕΣ refers to light-armed soldiers or skirmishers, often those who fought without heavy armor or were lightly clad. It can also literally mean 'naked ones' or 'lightly clad ones', emphasizing a lack of clothing or armor. In a military context, it describes troops who are agile and unencumbered by heavy equipment, suitable for rapid movements and skirmishes.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1131 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 15:456
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 18:56
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΥΜΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΓΥΜΑ — unknown, possibly a misspelling of 'naked' or 'bare'
- ΓΥΜΝΑ — naked, bare, poorly clothed, exposed, unarmed, defenseless, open, manifest
- ΓΥΜΝΑΙ — naked, unclothed, bare
- ΓΥΜΝΗ — naked, unclothed, bare, a naked woman
- ΓΥΜΝΗΝ — naked, bare, unclothed, a naked (woman)
- ΓΥΜΝΗΣ — naked, bare, poorly clad, lightly clad, exposed, defenseless
- ΓΥΜΝΟ — naked, bare, unclothed, poorly clothed, unarmed, exposed, a naked one, the naked
- ΓΥΜΝΟΙ — naked, unclothed, poorly clothed, exposed, unarmed, defenseless
- ΓΥΜΝΟΙΣ — to the naked, to the poorly clothed, to the unclothed, to the destitute
- ΓΥΜΝΟΝ — naked, a naked one, unclothed, bare, exposed, a bare one
- ΓΥΜΝΟΣ — naked, bare, poorly clothed, unclothed, exposed
- ΓΥΜΝΟΤΕΡΟΣ — more naked, barer, more exposed, more lightly clad
- ΓΥΜΝΟΥ — of a naked one, of a bare one, of an unclothed one, of a lightly clad one, of a defenseless one, of an exposed one
- ΓΥΜΝΟΥΣ — naked, unclothed, poorly clothed, destitute, a naked one, the naked
- ΓΥΜΝΩΝ — of naked, of unclothed, of poorly clothed, of lightly clad, of exposed, of unarmed, of defenseless
- ΓΥΜΝ‾Η‾ — naked, bare, lightly clad, poorly clothed, exposed, defenseless
- ΤΗΝΓΥΜΝΗΝ — the naked, a naked (one)
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