ΠΕΡΙΤΕΙΧΙΣΜΑ, περιτειχισμα
PERITEICHISMA, periteichisma
Sounds Like: peh-ree-TEH-khees-mah
Translations: circumvallation, a circumvallation, wall, a wall, rampart, a rampart, siege wall, a siege wall
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΤΕΙΧΙΣΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a wall or rampart built around a place, especially one constructed by a besieging army to cut off the besieged from outside help or to protect themselves from sorties. It is a compound word formed from 'περί' (around) and 'τείχισμα' (a wall or fortification). It describes a structure that encircles something.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΤΕΙΧΙΣΜΑ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΤΕΙΧΙΣΜΑΤΙ — (to) a circumvallation, (to) a rampart, (to) a siege-wall
- ΠΕΡΙΤΕΙΧΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ — of a surrounding wall, of a circumvallation, of a rampart
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