ΕΛΑΤʼΤΟΝΙ, ελατʼτονι
ELATʼTONI, elatʼtoni
Sounds Like: eh-LAHT-toh-nee
Translations: less, smaller, inferior, fewer, a lesser, a smaller, an inferior
From the root: ΕΛΑΣΣΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the comparative form of 'small' or 'little', meaning 'less' or 'smaller'. It describes something that is of lesser quantity, size, or importance compared to something else. In the provided context, it likely refers to a 'lesser' or 'smaller' place. The apostrophe indicates a coronis, an elision of a vowel, but in this specific form, it's part of the standard spelling of the word's inflected form, not an elision of another word.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1640 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Shepherd of Hermas — 15:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΑΣΣΩΝ.
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.
- ἘΛΑΣΣΟΝ — less, smaller, inferior, a lesser, a smaller
- ἘΛΑΣΣΟΝΙ — (to) less, (to) smaller, (to) inferior
- ἘΛΑΣΣΟΝΩΣ — less, less than, in a lesser degree, in a smaller way
- ἘΛΑΣΣΩΝ — less, smaller, inferior, younger
- ΕΛΑΣΣΟΝΟΥΣΙ — they make less, they diminish, they make smaller, they are made less, they are diminished, they are made smaller
- ΕΛΑΣΣΟΥΜΕΝΩ — (to) lesser, (to) smaller, (to) inferior, (to) younger
- ΕΛΑΣΣΩ — less, smaller, a lesser, a smaller
- ΕΛΑΣΣΩΝ — less, smaller, inferior, younger
- ΕΛΑΤΤΟΣ — less, smaller, inferior, of less importance, of less value
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