ΚΑΤΑΔΡΟΜΑΣ, καταδρομας
KATADROMAS, katadromas
Sounds Like: kah-tah-DROH-mas
Translations: incursion, raid, attack, a raid, an attack
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΔΡΟΜΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a hostile running down, an incursion, or a raid. It describes a swift and often aggressive movement into enemy territory or against an opponent, typically for the purpose of plunder or destruction. It is a compound word formed from κατά (down, against) and δρόμος (a running, course).
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 3:43
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 5:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΔΡΟΜΗ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΔΡΟΜΑΙΣ — incursions, raids, attacks, assaults
- ΚΑΤΑΔΡΟΜΗ — incursion, an incursion, raid, a raid, attack, an attack, hostile attack, a hostile attack
- ΚΑΤΑΔΡΟΜΗΣ — (of) an incursion, (of) a raid, (of) an attack, (of) a hostile movement
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