ΠΕΙΡΑΤΗΣ, πειρατης
PEIRATĒS, peiratēs
Sounds Like: pei-RAH-tays
Translations: pirate, a pirate
From the root: ΠΕΙΡΑΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a pirate, someone who engages in robbery or criminal violence at sea. It is used to describe a person who attacks and robs ships at sea, or a person who commits similar crimes on land. It would be used in a sentence to identify such an individual.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:61
From the same root
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