ΚΕΣΤΙΩ, κεστιω
KESTIŌ, kestiō
Sounds Like: KES-tee-oh
Translations: Cestius, (to) Cestius
From the root: ΚΕΣΤΙΩ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is the name of a person, Cestius. In the provided context, it refers to Cestius Gallus, a Roman governor of Syria during the First Jewish–Roman War. The form 'ΚΕΣΤΙΩ' is the dative case of the name, indicating the recipient of an action or the indirect object, often translated as 'to Cestius' or 'for Cestius'.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΚΕΣΤΙΩ, appear in our texts.
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