ἘΚΔΡΟΜΗΣ, ἐκδρομης
EKDROMĒS, ekdromēs
Sounds Like: ek-dro-MACE
Translations: of a sally, of a raid, of an incursion, of an attack
From the root: ΕΚΔΡΟΜΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a noun referring to a sudden hostile movement, such as a sally, raid, or incursion. It describes an aggressive advance or attack, often implying a swift and forceful movement out from a position. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐκ' (out of) and 'δρόμος' (a running, course).
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 2:34
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΔΡΟΜΗ.
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.
- ἘΚΔΡΟΜΑΙ — sallies, incursions, attacks, expeditions
- ἘΚΔΡΟΜΑΙΣ — incursions, sallies, raids, attacks, expeditions
- ἘΚΔΡΟΜΑΣ — sally, raid, sortie, an attack, an incursion
- ἘΚΔΡΟΜΗΔΕ — out, forth, away, to the outside, to a sally, to an incursion
- ἘΚΔΡΟΜΗΝ — a sally, a raid, an incursion, an attack, an escape, a flight
- ἘΚΔΡΟΜΩΝ — of a sally, of an incursion, of a raid, of an attack, of an expedition, of an excursion
- ΕΚΔΡΟΜΗ — a sally, an incursion, a raid, a sudden attack, an expedition, a flight
- ΕΚΔΡΟΜΗΝ — a sally, sally, an incursion, incursion, a raid, raid, an attack, attack
- ΤΑΙΣἘΚΔΡΟΜΑΙΣ — (to) the raids, (to) the sallies, (to) the forays, (to) the excursions
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