ΠΕΡΙΤΤΟΣ, περιττος
PERITTOS, perittos
Sounds Like: peh-RIT-tos
Translations: superfluous, redundant, excessive, more than enough, extraordinary, a superfluous, an extraordinary
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΤΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is beyond what is necessary or expected. It can refer to something that is left over, or something that is extraordinary and exceptional. It is often used to describe an abundance or an excess.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4053 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:65
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, ΠΕΡΙΤΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΤΤΑ — superfluous, excessive, abundant, more than enough, redundant, unnecessary, superfluous things, excessive things
- ΠΕΡΙΤΤΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more abundant, more excellent, more superfluous, more extraordinary, a more abundant thing, a more excellent thing
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