ΚΑΤΗΡΕΝΕἸΣ, κατηρενεἰς
KATĒRENEIS, katēreneis
Sounds Like: kah-tah-REE-nees
Translations: you were lowering, you were letting down, you were bringing down
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb indicating the action of lowering, letting down, or bringing something down. It is used to describe an ongoing or repeated action in the past, often implying a continuous process. For example, one might use it to describe someone continuously lowering a bucket into a well.
Inflection: Second Person, Singular, Imperfect, Indicative, Active
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 24:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΙΡΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΗΡΕΝΕΙΣ — you take down, you bring down, you lower, you cast down
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