ἘΚΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗΣΗ, ἐκσφενδονηση
EKSPHENDONĒSĒ, eksphendonēsē
Sounds Like: ek-SFEN-doh-nee-see
Translations: a slinging out, a casting out, an expulsion
From the root: ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun formed from the prefix 'ἐκ-' (out of, from) and the root 'σφενδόνη' (sling). It refers to the act of slinging something out or casting it away with force, similar to how a stone is thrown from a sling. It can also imply an expulsion or removal.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 2:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗ.
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.
- ΣΦΕΔΟΝΗΣ — (of) a sling, (of) a slinger
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΑΙΣ — slings, a sling, slingshot, a slingshot
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΑΝ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΑΣ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗΝ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗΣ — of a sling, of a sling-stone, of a stone
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΩΝ — of a sling, of a slinger, a sling, a slinger
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