ΔΙΕΛΚΟΜΕΝ, διελκομεν
DIELKOMEN, dielkomen
Sounds Like: dee-EL-koh-men
Translations: drag through, pull apart, tear asunder, draw out, protract
From the root: ΔΙΕΛΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of dragging something through or pulling it apart, often implying a forceful or violent separation. It can also mean to draw something out or protract it. It is used to describe the act of dividing or tearing something into pieces.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Plural
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 46:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΕΛΚΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΕΛΚΟΜΕΝΟΣ — being dragged through, being drawn through, being pulled through
- ΔΙΕΛΚΩ — to drag through, to draw through, to pull through, to drag away, to draw away, to pull away
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