ΜΕΙΔΙΩΝΤΑ, μειδιωντα
MEIDIŌNTA, meidiōnta
Sounds Like: may-DEE-ohn-tah
Translations: smiling, a smiling one, one who smiles
From the root: ΜΕΙΔΙΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the present active participle of the verb 'meidiao', meaning 'to smile' or 'to laugh gently'. It describes someone who is in the act of smiling. It can be used as an adjective to describe a person or as a substantive noun meaning 'the one who smiles'.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine, Present, Active, Participle
Strong’s number: G3405 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 3:54
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΙΔΙΑΩ.
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.
- ΜΕΙΔΙΑ — to smile, to laugh gently, to look kindly
- ΜΕΙΔΙΑΣΑΙ — to smile, to laugh, to grin
- ΜΕΙΔΙΑΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of having smiled, of one who smiled, when he smiled, after he smiled
- ΜΕΙΔΙΑΣΑΣ — smiling, having smiled, a smiling one
- ΜΕΙΔΙΑΣΑΣΗΣ — of having smiled, of having smiled gently, of having smiled sweetly
- ΜΕΙΔΙΑΣΕΙ — will smile, will laugh gently, will grin
- ΜΕΙΔΙΑΩ — to smile, to laugh
- ΜΕΙΔΙΩΝΤΕΣ — smiling, a smiling, laughing, a laughing
- ΜΙΔΙΑΣΕΙ — he will smile, she will smile, it will smile
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