ΜΗΚΙΣΤΑΣ, μηκιστας
MĒKISTAS, mēkistas
Sounds Like: may-KISS-tahs
Translations: longest, a longest, tallest, a tallest
From the root: ΜΗΚΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a superlative adjective, meaning 'longest' or 'tallest'. It describes something that possesses the quality of length or height to the greatest degree. It would be used to compare three or more items and identify the one with the most length or height.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΗΚΗΣ.
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.
- ΜΗΚΙΣΤΟΣ — longest, very long, greatest, largest
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